{"id":3165,"date":"2005-02-23T07:22:04","date_gmt":"2005-02-23T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/23\/hunter-s-thompson\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:50:48","slug":"hunter-s-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/23\/hunter-s-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter S. Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8881,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Hunter_S._Thompson&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260304094048\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Hunter_S._Thompson&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 15:36:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:25:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:25:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8882,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B00007ELDF\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310154046\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B00007ELDF\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B00007ELDF\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:37:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:37:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8883,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B000001EAI\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310154122\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B000001EAI\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/B000001EAI\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:37:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 09:37:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8884,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/0679785892\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/tg\\\/detail\\\/-\\\/0679785892\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Seeing all the many varied reports of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunter_S._Thompson\" title=\"Wikipedia: Hunter S. Thompson\">Hunter S. Thompson<\/a>&#8216;s unfortunate demise reminds me that I&#8217;ve actually never read any of his work.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the Terry Gilliam\/Johnny Depp film adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B00007ELDF\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Terry Gilliam: 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection'\">Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/a>, and I also have a <em>great<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B000001EAI\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Hunter S. Thompson: 'Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation)'\">3<\/a> of the book. I even used to have a hardbound copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0679785892\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Hunter S. Thompson: 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'\">Fear and Loathing<\/a> &mdash; unfortunately, the only times I opened it were during one ill-considered period where it was a convenient (and seemingly appropriate) place to hide the sheet of acid I was in the process of selling. I may still have the book buried somewhere in my boxes, but I&#8217;m not entirely sure.<\/p>\n<p>So, then, a question for those more familiar with Thompson&#8217;s work than I am: while Fear and Loathing seems to be practically the only book that ever gets mentioned when eulogizing Thompson, I&#8217;m sure he wrote more than that one tome. Any recommendations? Should I pick Fear and Loathing up (or dig through my boxes to see if I can find it), or are there other books that I should search out instead\/in addition to that one?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Say Hello%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Say Hello' on the iTMS\">Say Hello<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DAnderson, Laurie%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Anderson, Laurie on the iTMS\">Anderson, Laurie<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=United States Live%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for United States Live on the iTMS\">United States Live<\/a><\/em> (1984, 5:01).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing all the many varied reports of Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s unfortunate demise reminds me that I&#8217;ve actually never read any of his work. So, then, a question for those more familiar with Thompson&#8217;s work than I am: any recommendations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2037],"tags":[2719,2718],"class_list":["post-3165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-tv-and-films","tag-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas","tag-hunter-s-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}