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Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: trax1 on January 31, 2008, 01:09:11 PM

So any other fans for the great Hunter S. Thompson here.  If so whats your favorite book of his, mine would be "The Rum Diary".

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: Ripsnort on January 31, 2008, 01:39:03 PM

I was sort of a closet fan of his in my younger years...then he blew his brains out. Selfish bastard to do such a thing. I'm sure his family appreciated it. :mad:

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: Jackal1 on February 01, 2008, 03:27:54 AM

Hehe. If it hadn`t been for Sonny taking pity on him he would have been gone long before that. :)

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: JB88 on February 01, 2008, 03:50:43 AM

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i'd have to say that my favorite is proud highway: saga of a desperate southern gentleman.  

for those of you unfamiliar with the book it is a veritable tome of his correspondence both too and from others from 55 - 67.

brilliant.  hillarious.  revealing.

i know it's not fiction...but it may as well be.





:aok

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: Yknurd on February 01, 2008, 06:05:16 AM

Serious question.

Hunter never has appealed to me before.  Why is it worth reading?

Intrigue me.

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: trax1 on February 01, 2008, 01:02:39 PM

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Originally posted by Yknurd
Serious question.

Hunter never has appealed to me before.  Why is it worth reading?

Intrigue me.

He's just a very interesting writer to read, he has a way of telling a story that will intrigue you.  All his books, or atleast all the ones I've read are non-fiction, there about his life and he's lead a very interesting life.

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: trax1 on February 01, 2008, 01:07:51 PM

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Originally posted by JB88
i'd have to say that my favorite is proud highway: saga of a desperate southern gentleman.  

for those of you unfamiliar with the book it is a veritable tome of his correspondence both too and from others from 55 - 67.

brilliant.  hillarious.  revealing.

Yeah I've read "Fear and Loathing in America : The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist"

It's basically the same thing, correspondence between him and other people, long read but good.

Title: The good Dr.H
Post by: WMLute on February 01, 2008, 01:43:34 PM

He had a weekly column called "Hey, Rube" for ESPN.com's "Page 2". The column ran from 2000 to shortly before his death in 2005.

THIS (http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1095213)  page has some of his stuff you can read.

When he died I went back and re-read every article.

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The incredible dumbness of Sportswriters is a subject I thought I'd exhausted a long time ago -- but let's hit it one more time, just for the fun of it. ... I have described them as "a rude & brainless subculture of fascist drunks" and "more disgusting by nature than maggots oozing out of the carcass of a dead animal. ..."

good stuff