Hunter S Thompson

hunter s thompson quote: I would't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone.  But they've always worked for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, most famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is also known for his use of psychedelics, alcohol, firearms, and his iconoclastic contempt for authority.

 

 

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Photo: of Hunter S. Thompson, 1977. Copyright held by the Associated Press.

 

 

 

 

hunter s thompson quote: The edge: there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

 

 

 

 

 


3 Responses to “Hunter S Thompson”

  • xXTeardownXx Says:

    Man I wish I could have met Hunter. He seems like one hell of a dude to smoke pot with haha. Wish he could have been with me last Holloween night when I had some blotter acid -lsd- in the graveyard :D

  • Jane Says:

    yeah, too true!

  • peciacake Says:

    Oh how we needed HST during the purgatory that was Bush, Cheney et al. Unfortunately his prior excess’s had left him little energy to rally the fight against their excess’s!