i feel horrible about the death of this king of a man. the monday morning after his death is when i found out about it. all of my dreams of one day meeting this great man are crushed in the time it took my mom to call me at work and inform me of this tragedy. i started reading his work when i was 14, i am now 16.
to all the people out there that slanderize hunter and talk **** about him , you people can all go **** yourselfs.
i feel like io know the man and i have only read two of his books. just a week prior to his death i was telling my friend of my hopes and dreams of maybe one day meeting hunter but i guess thats ****ed now , but as hunter would say " he did what he did because he had to "
R.I.P hunter you were a king
deeply saddend, chris hodges
Hunter was a wonderful writer, and, though he was an outsized character, his gift to you and the rest of us are his words. He may be gone, but the gift continues. If you've only read two of his books, Hunter left you a great deal to discover. Some of it's great; some of it's not so great. But the words remain though the man is gone, and the words are what he really cared about.
I've been reading Hunter for years. There was a time when it seemed his voice spoke for me at a time when I had no voice for myself. With time, I found that voice, but I remain grateful for the love of life and rage at hypocrisy Hunter shared with his readers and gave to me when I needed it most.
hey hows it goin im glad to see someone who pays respect where it is needed im sick of the *******s that disrespect him. well on a lighter note, do you know of any of his works that maybe arnt as popular that wernt in any of his books.
and how did you start being a fan of his? for me it was when me and my buddies got really blown out on pot then rented fear and loathing and i decided to delve deeper into his story.
Screwjack is one of his lesser known and great books., a collection of 3 short stories. 2 fiction and obviously written in the late 80s (references to Opera, etc) .. a time when many critics say he was past his prime, but they are 2 of the strongest prose he ever wrote. and its fiction, which he didn't do very often.
the opening short story in it, mescalito is from 1960-something and is one of those great fear&loathing moments where he's stuck in front of a typewriter on drugs. i think it's one of his most powerful pieces.
also, the rum diary., contrary to the critics (they aren't worth a **** anyways) is a very good novel and worth the time reading. i was glued to it.
I've also temporarily mirror'd some of his available .txt files here: http://www.plosive.net/HST/
grab em while you can =]
If you're on broadband you should grab the video from that directory too.
About three or four years after it was published, a sly, blonde, and very attractive professor of mine (and, oh, where are you today, Emily?) gave me a photocopy of the Circus-Circus section of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and, to paraphrase Col. Kurtz, it was like I was shot, "shot with a diamond bullet, right there, in the center of my forehead...."
Well, I don't know that it was quite like that, but it certainly made me want to read the entire book, and--just a taste, kid--I was hooked. Sadly, as with so many things, there's no time like the first, and you spend the rest of your life chasing it.
I think "The Curse of Lono" is easily one of the strangest things Hunter ever did. If you search around, you might be able to find the issue of Running magazine where a shorter version originally ran. Running was published out of Eugene, Oregon, in the early 1980s, and they did some loopy stuff like send Hunter to cover the Honolulu marathon and Ken Kesey to cover the Bejing Marathon. I was living in Eugene at the time, and I did my damndest to lobby Paul Perry for a job there, even though I didn't run. No dice, though he was polite and encouraged my writing. Paul went on to write a biography of Hunter..."When the Going Gets Weird" or something like that.
A friend of mine had excellent advice for me when I was deep in my Hunter phase. He said, "Just remember, man, that Thompson's probably a foot taller than you, so don't try matching his intake."
have you ever met hunter? if you did you have to tell me what it was like , im sure it was very interesting.
lol ya your friend is right about being a foot taller, not many people can match hunters intelect and abilitys to process many things at once
I never met Hunter nor did I have an opportunity to hear him speak. A couple years ago, however, I dedicated my play "Altered States of America" to Hunter, Ken Kesey, and Warren Zevon, and when word came out that Zevon was dying, I sent him, Hunter, and Kesey's widow a copy of the manuscript. Just a way of saying thank you. "We work in the dark/we do what we can."
do you know of any sort of a convention for HST fans ?
Im thinking about buying a few gonzo t-shirts off ebay and or a decal for my car bumper. you should look at the sh*t the have I.E. mint 400 decanter, the original one that is and a bunch of signed books and such. have fun looking maybe you will find something that will catch your eye.
P.S. better have a little extra cash that sh*t is expsensive see ya later, chris
they are having a private thing for his family and close freinds, but i beleive they are still planning something for the fans and public spring or summer time.