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Title: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Ralph Steadman ISBN: 0-679-78589-2 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (289 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What a ride...
Comment: Hunter S Thompson's journey to find the American dream and consume as many ilicit substances as possible on the way is a fantastic, exciting and classic read through the drug hazed mind of Thompson.
He is heading to Las Vegas to cover the "Mint 400", a motorbike race where there is more desert dust than media story. Armed with a boot-full of drugs and his aggressive, slightly crazed Samoan lawyer Dr Gonzo, they rocket across the highway in their "great red shark" convertible in search of the fabled American Dream.
Thompson's graphically acurate descriptions of their drug binge across the buzzing lights and sounds of Vegas are truly remarkable and funny. He pokes fun at what is deemed the dream as they fraud their way through two 5* hotels and encounter many other fun and perilous adventures on the way. My favourite parts (the whole book is full of them) are when they pick up the hitchhiker, the bath scene with "White Rabbit" (a Jefferson Airplane song), the police anti-drug rally and the scene before entering and inside the Circus Circus casino.
A truly wacked out and crazy adventure story through the eyes of an original hippie tripper, whose analysis and derision of things around him is delivered in a fun and insightful manner. A thoroughly enjoyable read; laugh along at this audacious adventure. If you have seen the movie, you will enjoy the book; if you have read the book you will enjoy the movie. A mirror of each other...a total classic!
Rating: 5
Summary: More truer now than it was originally!
Comment: I personally live just outside of Las Vegas, and just about everything the good doctor wrote about is still true (especially Circus Circus). I can only imagine what he'd think of the quasi-Disneyland attractions that are there now.
The drug content was to be expected at that era. The world was still in a white picket fence mode and "creative chemistry" was seen as a tool to escape from it (or at least, take a different view).
The stream-of-consciousness writing style is a wonder to behold. You can practically feel your mind bob-sledding through the ether-induced haze, coming to a landing on both feet.
As for weither or not it was real, get over it. Just wallow in the genius of the work; how it dissects the "American Dream" and how we were so rudely woken from it.
And if you've seen the film, READ THE FREAKIN' BOOK AS WELL! You will discover a favorite quote or two that you'll find yourself using over and over again. I laughed so hard reading it the first time, my face hurt!
It's a classic document of the tail end of the "flower power" generation, and the beginning of the narcisism of the 1970's. Classic American literature with sheer outright BALLS that's so dearly lacking in today's pop culture.
I am certain that when Dr. Thompson reaches his final reward, he will have a never-ending orgy held in his honor, just for writing this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of.....
Comment: My 1st read by Thompson, Las Vegas in my opinion is his best work, it is the 1st one I read so that is probably why I think it is his best, Thompson is terrifyingly hilarious in this book, from the opening lines to then very last ending, I can't help but love Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo and their strange and terrible journey to the heart of the American dream, very fun to read, pure 5/5 stars book.
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Title: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0446313645 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0345410084 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe ISBN: 0553380648 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection ASIN: B00007ELDF Publisher: Criterion Collection Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $32.76 |
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Title: On the Road by Jack Kerouac ISBN: 0140042598 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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