Fear and Loathing in America (2001)

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I don't know who the author is. But to me it seems like he had a very clear picture of what the future would be like after that insane and devastating event. Fascinating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson

Are you Korean? If so, you might be familiar with Johnny Depp. In America, it is arguably the case that Depp raised his social standing by being best buddies with Thompson, not the other way round.

Hunter Thompson

he's had several blockbuster movies made portraying him mostly based off of his own work

Including Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, on which TFA bases its title..

Fear and Loathing wasn't portraying him, technically. The story is about Raoul Duke, who is his alter-ego.

Of course the two characters are very similar in a lot of ways, but it's not technically autobiographical.

One of the most (in)famous american journalist, famous for inventing gonzo journalism, focusing on the writer themselves diving into situations and writing about it.

His political texts are excellent and I highly recommend the book Fear and Loathing on The Campaign Trail '72 for a good analysis on the McGovern vs. Nixon campaign.

Written by the Hunter S. Thompson, 9/12/01.

Hard to read date format.

As an odd aside, the fact that they retained the original web design brought me back to 2001 in a way that I wouldn’t have expected.

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