What's Veeky Forums's opinion on Hunter S. Thompson? Particularly his Fear and Loathing series? Where to go after reading ...in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels? Because that's all I've read by him, plus The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved. But that's it. What should I read next by him, Veeky Forums?
What's Veeky Forums's opinion on Hunter S. Thompson? Particularly his Fear and Loathing series...
Kevin Lewis
Adrian Hernandez
you've already read everything good this man has produced
it's time to move on
Ayden Davis
Who would you suggest?
Jack King
milton
joyce
goethe
dante
shakespeare
Benjamin Walker
Kingdom of Fear
Thomas Long
I meant, more, stuff like HST? "Gonzo journalism," that kinda stuff?
Blake Martinez
Try the Campaign Trail.
John Robinson
That YouTube clip is cool, you got any more little tidbits on HST like that?
Landon Hall
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Enjoy. I recommend the Campaign Trail because it strikes a good balance between HSTs general madness and his political insights, also because he gets right into the thick of how the campaign runs.
Levi Jenkins
There's none, really. Say that as a fan. Try Joan Didion's nonfiction, tho. The White Album and Miami, most of all. May appeal to your sensibilities - worked for me.
Jose Ross
Cheers.
James Evans
Campaign Trail is essential
Bentley Martin
I'll take Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test over anything HST wrote any day.
Mason Phillips
I've only read three of his works.
Las Vegas functions as a novel more so than a piece of journalism. Its main talking points are the paranoia and absurd thought processes that arise from drug use, as well as the increasingly hostile social climate of the late 60's.
Hell's Angels is more of a straight piece of journalism, although it's structured like a Capote-esque non-fiction novel. It has less of Thompson's manic engagement and eccentricities, and the subject matter isn't as terribly relevant as it was when it was published, but it's still a very good read if the topic piques your interest.
The Rum Diary is a straight up novel and it's really not anything too special, but it was written long before he got up to his trademark bullshit, and thusly it shows an interesting perspective on the most basic elements of his style. Thematically it has its similarities to his later works, seeing as how it's about a booze loving journalist getting up to absurd shit in an unfamiliar location, if you like this recurrent theme in his work you'll probably like this book as well.
Julian Morgan
>funny you mention that
>see filename
Brody Ross
HST is a shitty writer and a closet conservative
Adrian Edwards
Closet?
Ha.
John Perez
This looks like something I would, and probably did, write in jest while drunk.
Ryan Lewis
H-Hunter?
Brandon Allen
Transmetropolitan. I know, its a comic. But it will surprise you.
Christian Carter
fucking disgusting
go back to /v/
you are literally part of why hst killed himself
Anthony Gutierrez
Second this. Transmetropolitan was inspired by Hunter s. Thompson and Foucault personas.