Comments on: Enough Of This Nonsense

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:40:03 +0000

Its a shame all this speculation rather than declaration. Why question who he was?
All us Hunter fans that found inspiration, amusement & exitations that bled into their everyday thoughts & lives know the epic wisdom of The Great Thompson Hunt

By: Avedon

Avedon — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:34 +0000

We all miss him, because he was still writing good stuff about the craziness in Washington.

That’s why some people hate him.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:40:56 +0000

yahh-

having read most of his work, i’d say it’s a pretty fine body, and no one out there is doing anything as enjoyable- i still re-read it, when i need a smile, a shot of indignation, or just feel like reading the words of an american legend
RIP, HST

i miss you– a lot

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:06:52 +0000

Absolutely, Ron. I was listening to NPR the other day and they reviewed Gonzo (liked it, for the most part), but they kept on talking about how he became a caricature of himself once his ‘genius had exhausted’. WTF?! I’ve read a lot of his stuff, and he did not fall off in the later years. He changed, he wrote about different things, he became a little more desperate and angry as time went on, but his genius did not vanish and he never became a caricature. What I think people are reading as caricature was precisely what he WAS and what he always had been. He definitely had a media persona, but he always presented himself as a larger than life figure, cattle-prod and Wild Turkey in hand, giving the finger to the establishment. He did that in 1972 and he did that right up to his death.

One of the things I love about him, that makes me continue to read his work, is that he never sold out and he never apologized for the way he lived. That takes guts; a lot more than the dingbats who call him washed up will ever have. Couldn’t say it to his face, so let’s say it now he can’t defend himself.

By: Stewart Nusbaumer

Stewart Nusbaumer — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:08:36 +0000

Yes, a battle is brewing. It’s an old fashion, dirty American legacy fight. Was Hunter a truly great writer or just a showboat? If great, was he always great or did he burn out quickly, or not so quickly? Still, did Hunter’s talent die before Hunter?

On the one side, there are those who say Hunter was a good writer but the drugs and booze destroyed him decades before his death, so for decades his writing was stale repeat. On the other side, there are those who say that to the end Hunter was still going strong, may not at the tip top of his creative power, still his writing was stomping just about everyone else.

Now, question for you. Why not names? Let’s understand where people stand, I’m particularly interested in knowing who you think is in the first group because that is the group, in my opinion, that is talking on some thin ice. And when on thin ice, people tend to have some special, or twisted reason for being out there on thin ice.

By: hstbooks

hstbooks — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:14:32 +0000

Ron, I think the people that matter know what Hunter was really about. You mention bitterness and I reckon you hit the nail on the head there. Jealousy too. After all we must remember, yes these folks have stacks of cash and yes some of that cash came from the pen of HST. But what have they got besides the cash?? Nothing, is the answer. What has Hunter got? A legacy that will go down in history along with the best of the best. Hunter S. Thompson will live on in the classrooms, his work is known through the world. He has the respect of some of the finest journalists, politicians, and thinkers. Cash means nothing when put up against respect and a fine mind. So let the pigs rot in their skyscrapers and mansions with their failed books. Can they bring their cash with them?? Where ever they end up their stacks of money will be of no use. There are No pockets in habits. Cheers.