What's /lit/'s opinion on Hunter S. Thompson? Particularly

>>8009742
you've already read everything good this man has produced
it's time to move on

>>8009751
Who would you suggest?

>>8009756
milton
joyce
goethe
dante
shakespeare

>>8009742
Kingdom of Fear

>>8009759
I meant, more, stuff like HST? "Gonzo journalism," that kinda stuff?

Try the Campaign Trail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeSC_Ws5Ic

>>8009788
That YouTube clip is cool, you got any more little tidbits on HST like that?

>>8009794
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOhvSvKIhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ub-QBrGCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWupnH8Uvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjHAnfMiiI

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.

>>8009780
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.

>>8009808
Cheers.

Campaign Trail is essential

I'll take Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test over anything HST wrote any day.

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.

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>>8009918
>funny you mention that
>see filename

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HST is a shitty writer and a closet conservative

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>>8010245
Closet?
Ha.

>>8010241
This looks like something I would, and probably did, write in jest while drunk.

>>8010265
H-Hunter?

>>8009780
Transmetropolitan. I know, its a comic. But it will surprise you.

>>8010283
fucking disgusting
go back to /v/

you are literally part of why hst killed himself

>>8010283
Second this. Transmetropolitan was inspired by Hunter s. Thompson and Foucault personas.