Hunter S. Thompson dead

[papasmerf]

Never "payed" much attention during English class either did you?

Why resort to insults?

seems to me that opinions vary.

 

[Spode]

Raoul Duke: We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

 

[Svend]

Just insert yourself into the story, fuel up to insanity and then ride that gonzo schtick for the next 3 decades.
Far too over rated as a writer, I prefer Wolfe's stuff.

 

[baci2004]

hmmmm, must be bat country?

 

[Ben Hogan]

I forgot to add ...

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold".

 

[Spode]

Just insert yourself into the story, fuel up to insanity and then ride that gonzo schtick for the next 3 decades.
Far too over rated as a writer, I prefer Wolfe's stuff.

Cooool Maaan

 

[Ben Hogan]

read Tuesday's Toronto Sun if you get the chance

There was a brief article on HST in today's Sun. They quoted some of his better lines about Nixon and some other politicians whom he detested. I don't have the paper handy but it was funny stuff!

 

[gibsomstreet]

He would have made a good TERBite. First time I've been able to say that about a famous dead person since Pierre Berton.

 

[Guy Lafleuer]

Everybody talks about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but as a huge HST fan I have to say it pales in comparison to his later work. If you enjoyed Fear and Loathing in las Vegas you'll love the following:

"Generation of Swine"

" Songs of the Doomed "

" Kingdom of Fear " ; I read this one over Xmas. Ho ho ho !

"Screwjack"

" The Proud Highway "

" Better Than Sex...Confessions of a Political Junkie Trapped Like a Rat in Mr. Bill's Neighborhood "

Rest in peace Brother. You'll be missed.

Guy

 

[Spode]

Everybody talks about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but as a huge HST fan I have to say it pales in comparison to his later work. If you enjoyed Fear and Loathing in las Vegas you'll love the following:

"Generation of Swine"

" Songs of the Doomed "

" Kingdom of Fear " ; I read this one over Xmas. Ho ho ho !

"Screwjack"

" The Proud Highway "

" Better Than Sex...Confessions of a Political Junkie Trapped Like a Rat in Mr. Bill's Neighborhood "

Rest in peace Brother. You'll be missed.

Guy

Thanks for the reco. Fear and Loathing (the movie is what introduced me to his work)

 

[Hugh G. Rekshun]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/1114447460040_109853073

And notably, Liley sits down with famed hard-drinking anti-authoritarian Hunter S. Thompson, captured for this doc in one of his final interviews.

It's on CTV again this Saturday. I missed that part of it in May. I only watched a few minutes of it after I had been channel hopping and saw some ladies in lingerie introducing themselves when Liley was at a Nevada bordello.