Hunter S. Thompson Activist, Author, and Journalist

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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 promotion and use of psychedelics, alcohol, other mind-altering substances, firearms, and his iconoclastic contempt for authority.

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  1. Gonzo unveils the life of Hunter S Thompson

    ...a conventional, linear approach to an unconventional life. To some, Thompson could be dismissed as a self-centred junkie who planned his own suicide and arranged for his body to be shot into space. But this portrait rightly invites admiration...

    December 22, 2008 | Metro

  2. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson, Alex Gibney, 119 mins, 15

    A biopic of the trailblazing Hunter S Thompson shows ugliness and folly behind the bravado Reviewed by Jonathan Romney Sunday, 21 December 2008 There's a brief archive clip in Alex Gibney's documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S...

    December 21, 2008 | Independent.co.uk - Film & TV

  3. Hunter S Thompson: 10 Gonzo tales of Fear and Loathing about the man who inspired new film

    ...Hunter S Thompson retrospective (pic: Rex Features) Hunter S Thompson Retrospective (pic: Rex Features) Jonny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson Read Ffrom The Book 'Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas' at the Virgin Mega Store, New York, America - 1998...

    December 22, 2008 | Sunday Mirror

  4. David Cox: Hunter S Thompson - Gonzo and better forgotten

    ...and better forgotten A still from Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson If you can remember the sixties, you probably were there. If you've any sense, however, you're glad you aren't there now. Undoubtedly, they were a big deal...

    December 22, 2008 | Guardian Unlimited

  5. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S. Thompson

    ...of this deception is eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon's regime at its neurotic worst. The contempt for real news has given Hunter S. Thompson's legacy fresh and heroic relevance. Gibney's brilliant homage to the author crackles with energy...

    December 21, 2008 | Times Online

  6. Hunter S Thompson: Trust him, he's a doctor

    ...the guns and the 'gonzo' writing. But as a new documentary reminds us, Hunter S Thompson had another crazy ambition: political office Sunday, 14 December 2008 Hunter S.Thompson: 'a startling knack for prophecy as well as provocation' People...

    December 14, 2008 | Independent.co.uk - Books

  7. Gonzo: the life and work of Dr Hunter S Thompson review

    ...was at its best when anger, not just druggy paranoia, lay behind it Hunter S Thompson Gonzo: the life and work of Dr Hanter S Thompson You can spot Hunter S Thompson a mile off, with his gleaming pate, sunglasses, and that insolently...

    December 19, 2008 | Telegraph.co.uk - Arts

  8. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (15)

    ...Friday, 19 December 2008 There are several times in this docuportrait of raving reporter and counter-culture spearhead Hunter S Thompson when friends observe that he was trapped by his own legend: American celebrity moved in, as it so often...

    December 19, 2008 | Independent.co.uk - Film & TV

  9. Gonzo - The Life And Times Of Dr Hunter S. Thompson: More fear and loathing, please

    on 19th December 2008 Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S. Thompson (15) Johnny Depp narrates Alex Gibney's astonishingly sympathetic view of the drink-and-drug-addled journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, who hit his peak in the...

    December 19, 2008 | Daily Mail

  10. Hunter S. Thompson Left Us a Literary Canon and His Sperm [Books]

    3,791 views Gonzo author Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide by pistol in 2005, which obviously sucked for his new wife and grown son. His ashes were famously fired out of a cannon afterwards. Thoughtfully, however, he left some of his...

    December 11, 2008 | Gawker

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