Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism 13 Articles

by Tim Swan

"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." And it was with those words that the work of Hunter S Thompson was introduced to a whole new generation of "Gonzonians". That of course was one of the ...read more

by Nonsequitur

Author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson hit upon a style of writing and description that blended story-telling, elaboration, and news articles into something known as gonzo journalism. The style was a reaction against the...read more

by H. Aslan Aslani-Far

Hunter S. Thompson was an iconoclast who embraced a form of journalism best described as investigative desecration. That is not to say that he was not an incisive journalist, nor a talented writer, for he was both. As jour...read more

by Trent Harrison

R.I.P. are letters that I'm certain Hunter S. Thompson would not want anyone to pin on him for his afterlife. Rest? Peace? Yes, Hunter had those things, just not in the traditional sense many people would assume. And if on...read more

by Paul Schingle

Anyone who has an interest in writing, or in reading, or in politics or in any combination of all of these things absolutely MUST read "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail." It is the most honest account of what reall...read more

by Ivor W. Hartmann

A Tribute to Hunter S. Thompson Hell's Cartographer "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitch...read more

by John Bowie

Hunter S Thompson had a work ethos that ended up defining a new genre of writing style. Throwing himself head first into his subject matter to the extent by which you can't help but be amazed he lived as long he did before...read more

by Zachariah Langley

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." This quote would follow Hunter S. Thompson to his grave. He was the kind of person that would run headfirst into any s...read more

by B. B. James

Few people have had as much influence on journalism as Hunter Thompson. He invented and named "gonzo journalism" to describe his fearless way of attacking a story, becoming part of the story, and exposing the craziest, sea...read more

by Louie Romero

" The best fiction is often far more believable than the truth." Well Doc, that about says it all doesn't it. What can you say about about a man whose foresight and ingenuity not only re-defined, but shaped the journalism...read more

by David Riel

Hunter S. Thompson ended an era when he took his own life with a handgun. The gonzo journalism that he created and personified, for all its madness and inanity, was meant to hold a mirror up to society, to perform the ...read more

by Lucinda Gunnin

Hunter Thompson perfected a form of journalism that was basically unknown before his writings. With this style of journalism, called gonzo journalism, the writer would live the life he was writing about. For Thompson, the...read more

by B. Thomas Cooper

Hunter S. Thompson has left the building. The clown prince of gonzo journalism is dead. Long live Hunter S. Thompson. And everything absurd he chose to embrace during his extraordinary life on this planet. When Thompson ...read more