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Fear and Loathing in America : The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Into the Belly of the Beast
The second installment in HST's selected letters, Fear & Loathing in America has proved to be a fascinating read. Beginning in the 1950's, HST keep carbon copies of all his letters for filing purposes in the belief that one day he would be a famous writer and his ...
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The Rum Diary : A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Thompson Can't BE Beat!
If there is one thing you can count on with HT..it is that he us ALWAYS off the wall...and to say that he is entertaining would be an understatement!
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories (Modern Library)
Hunter S. Thompson
Modern Library, 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Thompson practiced total immersion journalism. This form of reporting is called gonzo journalism.
Hunter Thompson drove to Las Vegas to report on ...
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2003
The Essential Hunter Thompson
Much like Sony's "The Essential" series, which collected the greatest songs from the greatest musicians of the past century, "The Great Shark Hunt" is an anthology of the greatest of the Good Doctor's work from his peak period of the 60's and 70's.
Perhaps no ...
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)
Hunter S. Thompson
Modern Library, 1999
Hells Angels: a hard to find modern classic.
A very high quality production run, hard-bound with illustrated dust jacket etc. of a very hard to find modern classic. Read Thompson as he was before he became a cartoon character like caricature. Succinct and insightful with the acerbic wit front and centre where it ...
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Gonzo
Hunter S Thompson
AMMO Books, 2007
Excellent, balanced review of his life, work and legacy
Great read. Illuminates both his genius and his jackassery. The many voices providing retrospectives create a vivid 360-degree view of what it was like to work and live with HST - the good, bad and the ugly. Bravo.
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The Curse of Lono
Hunter S. Thompson
Taschen, 2005
An unknown classic
This books is probably the least well-known of HST's books. But it was a very pleasant surprise upon reading it. It is classic Thompson, self-destructive, paranoid, and hilarious. If you take his word for it, you might never visit Hawaii yourself!
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2003
Significantly Better Than "Hey Rube"
This book (2003) and "Hey Rube" (2004) appear to be the last of HST's books. While "Hey Rube" contains lengthy discussions of gambling on professional football and basketball (including "March Madness"), this book is more far-ranging, containing everything from ...
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
I'm Fearful After Reading This...
This book's setting is eerily similar to the current state of affairs going on in with the 2008 Presidential Election, with the Democrats picking themselves apart while the Republicans sit back and enjoy the show. Richard Nixon is shown as the abomination that he was ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
I read this first in college, and then again recently. It's still just as funny and wonderful as ever.
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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley
Ballantine Books, 1998
Indispensable
As a big fan of Mr Thompson for many years, I became very excited when I heard about this volume. And I was not disapointed when I read it. It is as good as any book he himself has ever written. Although not about any subject in particular, the book tells the story of ...
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Vintage, 1989
First Impressions
This is the most realistic book I have ever seen about Mexican American hippies in Aztlan, the Chicanos of the 1960's neo-freedom movements. It will surely become a collector's item worth saving in this era of gung-ho Americanism which does not know the kind of ...
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The Boys on the Bus
Timothy Crouse
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Classic reveals the press as they were
This brilliantly conceived and executed book pulled back the curtain on the culture of covering presidential campaigns much like Theodore White's The Making of the President before it. Smooth and seemless prose is marred only slightly by the contrived tactic of ...
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Screwjack: A Short Story
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2000
"Mescalito" is the gem here
The gonzo journalist himself, also known as Raoul Duke, Thompson sees his 1991 collector copy pressing of three short pieces released into the mainstream by Simon & Schuster for 2000. Made up of a whacked-out introduction, the journalistic, ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Hunter S. Thompson
HarperPerennial, 2005
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Thompson practiced total immersion journalism. This form of reporting is called gonzo journalism.
Hunter Thompson drove to Las Vegas to report on ...
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