| |
|
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library) 116 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Modern Library, 1999
Quick and Fast
+ Brilliant writing about a grtty reality in American culture. + Hunter at his best + One of the greatest writers of all time
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
When The Going Gets Weird : The Twisted Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson : A Very Unauthorized Biography 8 reviews Peter O. Whitmer
POW, 1999
Great Book
+ An Interesting But Not Scintillating Book + Best Thompson Biography
I read Thompson's collected letter's, but they are no substitute for this very well-done biography. The author is not doing literary criticism, it is true- he is doing biography. Unlike most interviews/biographies about this wonderfully unique character, he doesn't drool all over the subject. ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories (Modern Library) 49 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Modern Library, 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
+ A great compilation! + very funny book + A savagely FUN journey + One of the great books
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Gonzo 26 reviews Hunter S Thompson
AMMO Books, 2007
Excellent, balanced review of his life, work and legacy
+ Box? Picture? Individually Numbered? + GONZO, THE PICTURE BOOK OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES + Glad of this release
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride 9 reviews Nick Nolte
Starz / Anchor Bay, 2007
When the Going gets Weird .....
+ Gonzo "Buy the ticket, take the ride" A worthy look + Gonzo !!!!!!!!!! + BUY THE TICKET ,TAKE THE RIDE + Worth a look
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Kitchen Readings: Untold Stories of Hunter S. Thompson 13 reviews Michael Cleverly, Bob Braudis
Harper Perennial, 2008
If You Are A True Gonzo Devotee/Fan.......
+ The Kitchen Readings + Personal recollections of HST
then this is a must read for you! For those of us that were never blessed (and cursed! :) to have ever met this great man and one of the truly greatest outspoken literary giants of our generation, this is as close as we will ever get to knowing the real man inside the "Gonzo" exterior. Written ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection 555 reviews Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro
Criterion, 2003
Clever and Hilarious
+ An exposé for Rolling Stone magazine about the killing of Ruben Salazar + own this! + Breathtakingly Honest
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the ... 36 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2005
Ouch
+ Holds up better as the years roll by + Surprising HST gem! + Buy "Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century" instead
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson 13 reviews E. Jean Carroll
Plume, 1993
Why is this gem out of print?
My goodness what is this world coming too. This book simply is the greatest. After watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I simply had to devour all information I could find on this amazing man, Hunter S. Thompson. I am so pleased to have found this informative work of art on such a legendary ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005
Simon & Schuster, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Action Figure: The Life and Times Of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke 2 reviews G. B. Trudeau
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001
Hilarious
+ Never been reviewed?
Hilarious. Uncle Duke based on Hunter S Thompson, bumbles through life in a hallucinary haze serving his opportunistic self-interests first, usually egged on by the corrupt players who run the USA machine.
Uncle Duke sees locations as diverse as China, Haiti, Panama, Kuwait, Hollywood, ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 69 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
I'm Fearful After Reading This...
+ Views from the Edge + A Political Junkie's Textbook + Gonzo at its best + A Master Work in Political Campaign
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century 51 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2003
Significantly Better Than "Hey Rube"
+ The "Gonzo" King Near the End + The best collection + Some of his best work ever!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
From Hunter S. Thompson's first piece for Rolling Stone --the story of his infamous run for sheriff of Aspen in 1970--to his last--an examination of the Kerry/Bush showdown in 2004--FEAR AND LOATHING AT ROLLING STONE presents more than 40 examples of his best work. Thompson takes us on a roller-coaster ride filled with the likes of McGovern and Nixon, Watergate and Vietnam , Ali and ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing in America : The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 37 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Into the Belly of the Beast
+ Hunter + Hunter S. Thompsom + Whining for Dollars
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Curse of Lono 28 reviews Hunter S. Thompson
Taschen, 2005
Fear and Loathing in Hawaii
+ paradise reconsidered + adfasfdsaf + the coattails of one Hunter S. Thompson
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 49 reviews Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley
Ballantine Books, 1998
The first stop...
+ Why Hunter S Thompson has no peer + "debt letter" + Indispensable
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson 17 reviews Paul Perry
Da Capo Press, 2004
Where do I start?
+ Much better than "When The Going Gets Weird" + Strong Narrative but Dated. + The Devil is in the details.... superbly crafted !!!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson 32 reviews Corey Seymour, Jann S. Wenner
Back Bay Books, 2008
INSIGHTFUL READ
+ A Profile of Extremity
This is a very good book. I recommend it to any people who are inspired by Hunter S. Thompson. Good read.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Ginger Man 66 reviews J. P. Donleavy
Grove Press, 2001
My hero
+ A manifestation of human desire in its physical state - JP Donleavy is brilliant! + Funny as Hell, True as Heaven + A Joy
|
|
|
|
|
|