Margaret Harrell, in my opinion is a rarity in any world, let alone the HST world. Two of her 9 or 10 books include significant fodder for the discerning Hunter S. Thompson fan. She is a rarity because shortly after you begin reading you realize she is hiding nothing. Her honesty is refreshing. She puts herself at the mercy of […]
There are folks who enjoy reading Hunter Thompson’s work and are happy to leave it there. Then there are those who want more. More being a need to know as much about Hunter’s process as possible, the nitty-gritty, who helped him? Who influenced him? Call them freaks if that’s your pleasure, Gonzo freaks. I’m one. We […]
Now anyone with a computer & internet connection can buy and read Simone Corday’s 9 1/2 Years Behind the Green Door. Its available for download at the following sites. Borders.com Barnes & Nobel NOOKbooks. Diesel eBook Store eBookit Amazon UK Amazon.com Sony eBook Store iBook Store And dont forget folks the book is still available in […]
Hunter’s birthday is nearly upon us. Blogs of all kinds will be popping up on my Google alert emails, all with different and interesting takes on Hunter S. Thompson. Fans of HST will come out of the woodwork for this day, blogs will be hot with comments and memories of Hunter. Glasses will be raised […]
It’s here folks. The ultimate televisual feast for all fans of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2 Animals, Whores & Dialogue by Wayne Ewing, is available for purchase now and shipping on July 13, this 2010. So if you fancy yourself a fan of HST, (and lets face it you wouldn’t be here […]
For a while now there has been a question about what issue of Rolling Stone magazine did Hunter’s obituary of Timothy Leary appear in. The answer is that it appeared in issue 740, August 8th 1996. It appeared in the form of a letter to Jann Wenner , tucked away on page 14. You can […]
Most writers will be misquoted at some point during their years of work, or maybe worse still their words will be twisted and changed to suit someone too lazy to concoct an original thought. Hunter Thompson was not immune to this pilferage. However random some of Hunter’s words may seem on the page, the journey from conception […]
The magazines we get today like Time or Newsweek although have a history they are largely mainstream. They give us the usual lo-down on what is going on in the world but not much more. Peter Richardson sheds some light on how it used be done with his book about Ramparts magazine A Bomb in Every Issue: How […]
Peter Richardson teaches California Culture at San Francisco State University. He is editorial director at polipointpress, which publishes trade books on politics and current affairs. He wrote the book American Prophet: The Life and Works of Carey McWilliams, who was (for those who don’t know) the man responsible for getting Hunter to write a Hell’s […]
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