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Title: Screwjack and Other Stories by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0-684-87321-4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 13 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: HST
Comment: I guess it does help to advocate the use of chemicals and booze. It's working for some people. You just can't hate HST.
Rating: 4
Summary: Raoul Duke Consumes some more Mescaline
Comment: Mahalo! Gonzo fiends... when Hunter Thompson needs extra cash, he releases three pieces of literature rivaling only William S. Burroughs in pure maniacal insanity. The main composition of "Screwjack" consist of Thompson's Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack, all of which constitute pieces written by Thompson while on massive amounts of mind altering "experiences."
Within the opus, no plots and themes to these three stream of consciousness prose; thus, it is pure Gonzo in its natural state. Thompson on assignment and drugs means only people who have prior experience with his other work, can have a total grasp on what Mr. Duke is trying to say.
Thompson's writing is demanding of the reader, and unequivocally grasps at any attention lying in wait. Lurking around the ominous corner is more tales, more stories, and Hunter Thompson inscrutably proves himself as a great writer. Thompson collects his own correspondence, and saves every letter he receives; thus, a communication at the beginning of the book.
Mescalito rages on in drug frenzy fashion from start to finish, along with Death of a Poet and Screwjack. These three pieces are very creative to say the least, and publishing only happened recently for this particular Raoul Duke outburst. The very essence of the first story is Thompson battling himself in a Los Angeles hotel room while trying to finish a story and on different strengths of alcohol and drugs.
Death of a Poet tells the tale of a man on his last straw with the surrounding environment around him, and the violent means to his finality. Raoul Duke runs across a hardcore gambler in his shack, on his last dime, and witnesses evil violence that one with only concrete sanity may even have a remote chance of describing.
Screwjack is a complete chaotic mess of love letter gone completely wrong where Mr. Duke experiences a kind of frustration only held to those who see past the seers. Thompson's ingenious diction and complete nonsense clash with violent fervor, and either grip the reader, or turn the reader loose, never to look upon Thompson's work again. The editor's note for this piece is not only is an insightful blurb for the reader, but to fully understand what Thompson wrote, the editors must explain in their own words Mr. Duke's fascination with drug induced insanity.
Only spend money on this Thompson collection if you have some loose lucre to throw around, and are looking for some madness.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great look into the mind of a genius
Comment: I rode my motorcycle 20 miles in a light rain to eat breakfast in a cafe on the California coast with this small book stuffed into my worn leather jacket's inner pocket. I will never forget the look into Hunter S Thompson's psyche that this great little book provides for the reader. His words are especially powerful in "Mescalito" the author's first experience with Mesculine. His words as well as his train of thought become more and more garbled as he experiences the first of many wild rides that have become the wonderful although sometimes controversial subject matter for many of Thompson's writings.
This is a great taste of Hunter S Thompson, for someone discovering or re-discovering his writing.
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Title: Kingdom of Fear : Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0684873230 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Rum Diary : A Novel by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0684856476 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0345377966 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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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: Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976 by Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley, David Halberstam ISBN: 068487315X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 13 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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