Any Hunter S. Thompson fans out there?

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• highhopes Posts: 1,358MI6 Agent

  June 2008

  Check out his Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, a more conventional book but his first, I believe. And of course his Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, a classic about the Nixon-McGovern presidential contest.
• Loeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters

  June 2008 edited June 2008

  I'm a HUGE fan---the least of his works are worth your time. Las Vegas is probably my favourite, but... :v
  
  Aside from the already mentioned titles, check out "Generation of Swine" (a collection of newspaper columns from the '80s), "Kingdom of Fear" (another retrospective along the lines of Shark Hunt, but covering more recent misadventures)---and pretty much everything the man wrote.
  
  You will not be disappointed. I never was, except---perhaps---by Rum Diary. As great a writer as HST was, he was also a failed novelist, and IMO Diary is the proof.
  
  His suicide is the ultimate, and final, irony. Only Hunter could kill Hunter B-)
  
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• Andy A 007 Posts: 199MI6 Agent

  June 2008

  Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've actually been planning on reading all of his works. It just might take me a little time. I still have to finish The Great Shark Hunt and I still haven't read Devil May Care;) But Hells Angels and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail are next on my list.
• DrMaybe Posts: 204MI6 Agent

  November 2008

  Can't really say I'm a fan of the man, but I've liked both movies made about him. In my youth, he would have been fun company on a bender.
• Andy A 007 Posts: 199MI6 Agent

  November 2008

  Just bought the new documentary on HST, "Gonzo." An absolute must-see for any HST fan!