/lit/ - Literature

Is Hunter S. Thompson overrated? I've seen the movie remakes of his books and im intrigued

What HST books are worth a read?

>>1571926

...is... is that a Hunter S. Thompson/Raoul Duke action figure? and if so, where can I obtain one?

Other authors who write in the style of Hunter S. Thompson?

I'm looking for anything explicitly first person, humorous, colorful and bizarre.

Long monologues and wild rhetoric, drug abuse optional.

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>>1175045
My bad, was trying to shoot that bloody lizard

Pic related; he was never actually on drugs.

"A DEATH IN THE FAMILY"
"Throughout the centuries, the red fox has left a record symbolizing cunningness, sagacity, and courage...it has left a mark on the pages of literature and legend, even to modern slang, which applies the name to sly, sharp-witted people: for example, "he is a foxy fellow", or "he Foxed me."
-New Hunter's Encyclopedia

Well folks, let me tell you a story about the red fox, and how i came to know him. It is a tale of treachery and violence rarely encountered in a family newspaper-or even by me, in my own life, which has not been entirely free of these things.
But even dumb brutes can learn, and i have longs since quit even violence, which i used to enjoy as a sport (but passed when i realized that not everybody feels that way, and some people really want to hurt you).
Vengeance is the same way. It was fun to plot and talk about, but the real thing required more time and energy than being saddled with a terminal disease, and not even the best vengeance ever paid the rent.
The english language is not crowded with words beginning with the letter "V" that suggest anything but trouble. After violence and vengeance, there is also vulgar, vicious, victim, vermin, vain, vacant, vile, vampire....the list is long, with not a lot of smiles.
Right. And nevermind these arcane drifts of language. We will leave them to villains and vissmongers like Edwin Newman and Robin MacNeil.
What we are talking about now is the hideous death in the life of a red fox, considered by many experts to be one of the smartest beasts in nature.