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Probably 1,000 post already here, but anyone into Hunter S. Thompson? I've read EVERYTHING, and now I must say, I think i know more about my mother's generation than she does

420smokerNYC

The only thing i've ever read by him is "fear and loathing in LV"...i enjoyed it, but have never psyched myself up to read any of his others..anything in particular you reccomend?

Pages

Better than sex, gonzo papers I (great shark hunt) and II (generation of swine) hell's angels and f&l on the campain trail were some of my favorites. The gonzo papers are collections of articles he wrote. And remember, when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

SonicPainter

songs of the damned was a great book. i havent read his "new" one tho..
at the rock and roll hall of fame in Cleveland OH , there is a great selection of written correspondence between he and Jan Wenner of Rolling Stone, mostly fighting over who stole what from whom. total crack up.

best!
D.

Lawnmower

Yup, Pages, there's been at least 2 threads on this before - but one more can only be a good thing.

420SmokerNYC - I'd say try "The Great Shark Hunt" first. It's long, but it has some great stuff in it. You might want to skip section 2 until you get really into it - it's the presidential campaign stuff - but the rest is excellent. My favorite two essays are "Freak Power in the Rockies" - an essay about his involvment in a mayoral campaign in Aspen - and "The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies". The latter was written first-hand (HST was actually living in the Haight-Ashbury just before the whole thing exploded) and is a brilliant article on the then-emerging hippie scene.

In an era where a "vicious greedhead" like George W. Bush has become President of America, HST's writings are more essential than ever. Long live Uncle Duke!!!

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Pages

The last one I read was the Rum Diaries. it's pretty cool