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... one. His loosey-goosey style might have led some to overlook the fact that he was a terrific reporter. I'm thinking about Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, of course ... oh, and the stuff he was doing for Rolling Stone back then. ... 1960
327--International Relations: American Diplomacy 1900-1950
329--Political science/not assigned or no longer used: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail
330--Economics:
332--Financial economics: The Predator's Ball
335--Socialism & related systems: A Fine Old Conflict
... ... experience (?).
I'm reminded, for some reason, of Hunter Thompson's summation of America in the closing pages of FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. McGovern defeated in a landslide, Nixon on the way to a second term:
"This may be the year we finally come face to face with ... #06 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 by Hunter S. Thompson Today I purchased :
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson
... the President's Men, The Final Days, The Making of the President 1960 (where he loses to Kennedy), Blind Ambition, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, etc., but most those focus the later part of his political career. ... Comic Strip, book 1, Tove Jansson
- Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, book 2, Tove Jansson
10. The Campaign, Carlos Fuentes (trns. Alfred Mac Adam)
11. Wounded, Percival Everett
12. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Not as good as I thought it would be...
- The ... ... Joke's Over by Ralph Steadman*
Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade by Guy Browning
something else by Bill Bryson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S Thompson
something else by Mark Kurlansky
I've just finished London Orbital and Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 and now I'm starting The Battle for Spain. ... the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Grafting myth to life,
the sailors and the sleepers
husband lotus fruit.
53. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson
Macbeth's witches say
thrones need lies, slogans, liquor,
and much-kissed babies.
54. The Harp ... ... in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Just took a detour to an undisclosed location (most likely Prague) to attend The Trail with Kafka and Nickelini which I didn’t think much of. Now I’m glad to be back in Petersburg for The Idiot. Throughout it all I’ve been learning loads ... Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson ... 960
327--International Relations: American Diplomacy 1900-1950
329--Political science/not assigned or no longer used: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail
332--Financial economics: The Predator's Ball
335--Socialism & related systems: A Fine Old Conflict
338--Production: Can ... Fear and Loathing, hands down. One of my favorite books of all time. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is pretty fantastic too. ... copies to see which would survive the longest.
* I own two copies of Watchmen, and briefly owned five copies of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. I am still angry at the people who I loaned them to.
* I can tell you right now which of my books have been borrowed, from memory: ... "Outside my front door the street is full of leaves."
- Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail
"The Trembler was young and fair, with red hair and stupid blue eyes and the pale furry limbs of a spider monkey."
- Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful
"I ... I reread Fear And Loathing On the Campaign trail about once every six months, to remind myself why I want to be a journalist. I cite it in every thread, but Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail changed my life in every way possible. Suddenly, nothing was black and white. It also taught me that not ALL politicans are evil and corrupt. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S. Thompson. Best book on politics EVER. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail changed my whole life.
But everything he ever wrote is perfect. EVERYTHING.
I do love his collected letters. I know two of these aren't novles, but I don't care. I'm a REBEL.
Fear And Loathing: On The Campaign Trail changed my life forever. It made me realize I want to be a journalist, and showed me that I didn't have to write like everyone else.
Since then, I have become a psychotic fan of Hunte ... ... soon.
Vegas, is, of course, and without a doubt, a classic, and belongs on the list. And I agree with coffeezombie that Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is, by far, one of the best books on American politics.
One of my favorite things of his to read though are his “press ... ... leftovers!
The Book of Daniel
The Burgomaster
A Death in the Family
Devil in a Blue Dress
Dutch Shea Jr
Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail '72
The Golden Apples
How the Good Guys Finally Won
Iron Cage
Little House in the Big Woods
Men at Arms
The Needle' ...
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