Hunter S. Thompson

  • Heroes of Katrina, ghost of "Gonzo"

    An electrifying Katrina documentary blows the doors off at Sundance, and Hunter S. Thompson returns from the dead to eviscerate ski-resort Hollywood reptiles.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 21, 2008

  • The Fix

    Stars to turn out for benefit, but will Kanye strike again? Plus: "Survivor" Hatch indicted.
    September 9, 2005

  • Politics-a-palooza

    Gonzo journalist Matt Taibbi will do anything -- including throwing a pie made of horse sperm into the face of a New York Times bureau chief -- to bring political reporting back to life.
    By Jonathan Shainin May 12, 2005

  • Letters

    "Too weird to live, and too rare to die." Salon readers reflect on Hunter S. Thompson's life, death and legacy.
    February 22, 2005

  • Gonzo gone

    Sonny Barger, Rosalynn Carter, Ben Fong-Torres and others remember the wild life and times of Hunter S. Thompson.
    By Dana Cook February 21, 2005

  • The Fix

    Married people aren't having sex! Dictators aren't apologizing! Bangs are back! Plus: The real question raised by "Sex and the City."
    June 24, 2003

  • "Kingdom of Fear" by Hunter S. Thompson

    In his new memoir, gonzo pioneer Hunter S. Thompson works hard to get us riled up. But without Dick Nixon to kick around, he offers little insight into our times.
    By Allen Barra March 31, 2003

  • Hunter S. Thompson

    The godfather of gonzo says 9/11 caused a "nationwide nervous breakdown" -- and let the Bush crowd loot the country and savage American democracy.
    By John Glassie February 3, 2003

  • Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2

    More from the interview with the gonzo journalist about the origin of "Fear and Loathing" and other topics.
    Interviewed by the Paris Review December 11, 2000

  • Hunter S. Thompson

    In this rare interview, the psychedelic writer talks about Vietnam and the death of the American dream.
    Interview by the Paris Review December 5, 2000

  • The grotesque and the gold

    Artist Ralph Steadman is a people-loving, Nietzsche-reading, ink-splattering grump. And he doesn't think Hunter S. Thompson should have a gun.
    By Gregory Daurer September 1, 2000

  • Riot police break up Maxim party

    Carmen Electra and others, like, don't know what the big deal was; Hunter "Eagle Eyes" Thompson doesn't quite shoot his mouth off. Plus: Madonna's baby arrives in good health, mercifully far from those brutish English hospitals.
    By Amy Reiter August 15, 2000

  • Tom Robbins

    As new waves of 20-year-olds wash up on his shores, the favorite novelist of the attitudinal post-adolescent set keeps writing with a pen dipped in acid.
    By Tracy Johnson March 9, 2000

  • The 7 vices of highly creative people

    If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it.
    By D.A. Blyler February 9, 2000

  • And now a word from our readers

    Welcome to the First Annual Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards! Where you dish the gossip and I go on vacation!
    By Amy Reiter December 24, 1999

  • A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia

    I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.
    By Rolf Potts November 13, 1999

  • Advertising stole my humanity!

    Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary."
    By Jenn Shreve June 4, 1999

  • The Rum Diary

    Mark Athitakis reviews 'The Rum Diary' by Hunter S. Thompson
    By Mark Athitakis October 15, 1998

  • "Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas"

    Terry Gilliam's 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' captures the crazy soul of Hunter Thompson's twisted masterpiece
    By Cintra Wilson April 30, 1998

  • Anthem

    'Anthem' lets you ride shotgun on a sweet but amateurish road trip in search of the American Dream.
    By Cynthia Joyce September 22, 1997

  • Whisky business

    Riding shotgun with Hunter S. Thompson
    By David McCumber November 11, 1996
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