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palegale's review against another edition
2.0
Hunter writing about politics 12-15 years older than he was in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72. Certainly sharp, but less antics across the board led to trudging through the fourth quarter.
zeftonresident's review against another edition
4.0
The Great Gonzo Slump. That's what the 80s were, even Hunter admitted it was a horrid time for writing and nearly everything else. But still, he was able to put out some fine articles in that decade, even if many were a bit lac-luster.
I can't even begin to describe how long it originally took me to get though this volume, not due to it being a bad read, of course not, it wasn't even a boring one, but it's one of those books that has a spot where to bookmark stays. It was somewhere around 2/3 of the way through, on the edge of a fishing trip, when I stopped completely. I picked up another book, what it was, I can't quite remember, but it was picked up and this volume was put down. Like mentioned previously, it wasn't for any malicious reasons, just that something else had appeared that took a precedence over it.
In terms of influence over writing style, it's difficult to attempt to categorize something like this. It's merely a collection of articles written over a decade, with a varying degree of style and substance, sometimes one becoming greater than the other, but it was always in the Great Gonzo vein of writing, that everything read was to be perceived as more or less true. And that's certainly the best anyone can get with journalism.
I can't even begin to describe how long it originally took me to get though this volume, not due to it being a bad read, of course not, it wasn't even a boring one, but it's one of those books that has a spot where to bookmark stays. It was somewhere around 2/3 of the way through, on the edge of a fishing trip, when I stopped completely. I picked up another book, what it was, I can't quite remember, but it was picked up and this volume was put down. Like mentioned previously, it wasn't for any malicious reasons, just that something else had appeared that took a precedence over it.
In terms of influence over writing style, it's difficult to attempt to categorize something like this. It's merely a collection of articles written over a decade, with a varying degree of style and substance, sometimes one becoming greater than the other, but it was always in the Great Gonzo vein of writing, that everything read was to be perceived as more or less true. And that's certainly the best anyone can get with journalism.