Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze. The novel first appeared as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971. It was later adapted into the 1998 film of the same name starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. ... Image File history File links Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (18 July 1937 – 20 February 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. ... Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Hunter S. Thompsons famous Gonzo logo. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... // Random House is a publishing house based in New York City. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Hardcover books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... ISBN redirects here. ... For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (18 July 1937 – 20 February 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. ... Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. ... A roman à clef or roman à clé (French for novel with a key) is a novel describing real-life events behind a façade of fiction. ... This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a famous example of an autobiographical novel An autobiographical novel is a novel based on the life of the author. ... Raoul Duke was the pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson for the character based on him in his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... For other uses, see American Dream (disambiguation). ... An assortment of psychoactive drugs A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. ... John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the titular character of Tim Burtons Edward Scissorhands. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ...

Origins

The book is an account of two trips Thompson and attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta took to Las Vegas during early 1971. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Thompson had been writing an exposé for Rolling Stone on the 1970 killing of the Mexican-American television journalist Ruben Salazar, who had been shot in the head at close range with a tear gas canister fired by officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War. One of Thompson's sources for the story was Oscar Zeta Acosta, a prominent Mexican-American activist and attorney. Thompson told Acosta that Sports Illustrated magazine had offered him a job writing photo captions for the Mint 400 desert race held annually in Las Vegas. Finding it difficult for a non-White Hispanic to talk openly to a white reporter in L.A.'s tense atmosphere, Thompson and Acosta decided that Las Vegas would be a more comfortable place to discuss the story. An exposé is an article or book intended to reveal shocking or surprising information. ... Mexican Americans are citizens of the United States of Mexican ancestry. ... Ruben Salazar Ruben Salazar (March 3, 1928 - August 29, 1970) was a Mexican-American news reporter killed by the police during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ... This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriffs Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police Memorial to fallen deputies. ... The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based but fragile coalition of Mexican-American groups to organize opposition to the Vietnam War. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mint 400 was also an album by Australian trio Ammonia. ... This article is about arid terrain. ... This article is about U.S. white Hispanic residents. ... The term white American (often used interchangeably and incorrectly with Caucasian American[2] and within the United States simply white[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European descent residing in the United States. ...

Thompson's and Acosta's 1971 selves, the inspiration for Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo

Thompson later wrote that he wrapped up their March Vegas trip by spending about 36 hours alone in a Las Vegas hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences.^[1]. Those notes were the genesis of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. Thompson then started the Fear and Loathing manuscript in a hotel room in Arcadia, California during his spare time while he finished the Salazar story for Rolling Stone (which was published as Strange Rumblings in Aztlan on April 29, 1971).^[2] Arcadia is a U.S. city in Los Angeles County, California that is located about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. ... Strange Rumblings in Aztlan is an article published in Rolling Stone #81, dated April 29, 1971 and written by Hunter S. Thompson. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ...

What was intended as a 250-word photo-captioning job/road trip snowballed into a novel-length feature for Rolling Stone magazine. Thompson later wrote that Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner had "liked the first 20 or so jangled pages enough to take it seriously on its own terms and tentatively scheduled it for publication -- which gave me the push I needed to keep working on it." He had first submitted a 2,500 word manuscript to Sports Illustrated, which was, as he later wrote, "aggressively rejected."^[3] Jann S. Wenner (born 7 January 1946 in New York City) is the owner of Wenner Media and the publisher of several magazines, most prominently the pop music biweekly Rolling Stone. ...

A few weeks later, Thompson and Acosta returned to Las Vegas to attend the National District Attorneys Association's Conference on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs held April 25th through 29th, 1971. In addition to the conference, Thompson and Acosta further explored the theme of the American Dream, providing the basis for the second half of the novel, which Thompson referred to as "Vegas II". ^[4] The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep (such state is narcosis). ...

The Rolling Stone Cover, featuring art work by Ralph Steadman.

The combined text was eventually published as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Rolling Stone as a two-part series in November 1971. The article was printed with illustrations by British illustrator, Ralph Steadman, who first began working with Thompson almost two years prior for a Scanlan's Monthly article entitled "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved".^[5] The hardcover (with additional Ralph Steadman illustrations) was quickly published by Random House the next year and was heralded as "by far the best book yet on the decade of dope" by the New York Times^[6] and a "scorching epochal sensation" by author Tom Wolfe ^[7]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. ... Scanlans Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication, running from March 1970 to January 1971. ... The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is an article by Hunter S. Thompson that first appeared in a June 1970 issue of Scanlans Monthly magazine. ... // Random House is a publishing house based in New York City. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... For the early 20th century American novelist, see Thomas Wolfe. ...

Plot summary

Journalist Raoul Duke and attorney Dr. Gonzo travel to Las Vegas in 1971 to cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race for a sporting magazine and indulge in a haphazardly planned vacation. As Duke and Gonzo live out the final days of the counter-culture through the use of the drugs LSD, cocaine, mescaline, and cannabis, among others, they wreck cars, destroy hotel rooms, and hallucinate with visions of desert animals. As the duo prepare to flee the city, Duke gets another assignment to cover a Narcotics Convention organized by the National Association of District Attorneys and the two simply book a new hotel room across town and begin the process anew. Eventually, they begin to mistrust each other, and the two leave Las Vegas separately. The book ends with Raoul in a pharmacy in Denver, en route back to Los Angeles. Mint 400 was also an album by Australian trio Ammonia. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ... Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class. ... This article is about the plant genus Cannabis. ... Nickname: Location of Denver in the State of Colorado Location of Colorado in the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State State of Colorado City and County Denver[1] Founded 1858-11-22, as Denver City, K.T.[2] Incorporated 1861-11-07, as Denver City, C.T.[3] Consolidated...

Major themes

The book places the radical activism and drug culture of the 1960s into the context of what was the mainstream American experience at the time. It explores the idea that 1971 was a turning point in hippie and drug culture in America, when the countercultural movement no longer had momentum and its innocence and optimism of the late 1960s turned to cynicism. For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ... Counterculture (also counter-culture) is a sociological word used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day,[1] the cultural equivalent of political opposition. ...

The book is prefaced with a quote from Dr. Johnson: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." The quote is a reference to the profuse drug use portrayed in the story, as the protagonists indulge in drugs to escape the realities of American life surrounding them. Ironically, Thompson spends a number of passages in the novel railing against the "failed" 1960's counterculture, or people who naively thought drug use was the answer in itself to society's problems. It is widely observed that such contradiction, a seeking of solace through excess, and the fact that the protagonist indulges in a world he criticizes harshly bear many thematic similarities to one of Thompson's favorite novels, The Great Gatsby.^{[citation needed]} For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ... This article is about the novel. ...

Thompson puts forth the theory that his drug use, contrary to Leary-esque mind expansion experimentation, is intended to make himself a mess; he considers himself a posterchild of a generation of "permanent cripples, failed seekers..." and his erratic behavior paints a picture of the unrest and failure his generation feels.

The theme of the "American Dream," however, is arguably the novel's most prevalent motif, as Duke and Dr. Gonzo "search" for both the literary/metaphorical American Dream and, eventually, for what seems to be an actual geographical location somewhere in Vegas with the same name (but ends up being a burnt-down psychiatric office.) The story begins with Duke claiming that their adventure is to be a "gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country," or a certain celebration of America, though this idea soon turns cold as excess and fear set in and the symbolism of the burnt-down psychiatrist office is loud and clear. The two finally "find" the American Dream in the form of a seedy diner in a poor neighborhood, where Gonzo humiliates an attractive Mexican waitress while Duke casually looks on.

Throughout the novel, the main characters go out of their way to degrade, abuse, and destroy symbols of American consumerism and excess. Much of Las Vegas is used to symbolize the ugliness of mainstream American culture, to which the characters give little respect.

The "wave speech"

The "wave speech" is an important passage that appears about a third of the way through the novel, at the end of the eighth chapter. Thompson considered the "wave speech" to be "probably the best thing I've ever written." It tries to capture the zeitgeist of the hippie era, and the way it came to an end. This article is about the German word. ... For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ...

Many have stated that this passage was Thompson’s favorite part of the novel and the piece of writing he was the most proud of. He would often cite it during interviews and read it when he was asked to read a portion of the novel out loud. ^[8]

Title

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has become Thompson's most famous work and is referred to, in shorthand as, "Fear and Loathing". However, Thompson would later use the phrase "Fear and Loathing" as the main title of many other published essays and books.

The phrase "Fear and Loathing" has been used by many writers in many works, the first possibly being Frederich Nietzsche in his work The Anti-Christ. However, In a Rolling Stone Magazine interview, Thompson says this about the origins of his title: "It came out of my own sense of fear and a perfect description of that situation to me. However, I have been accused of stealing it from Nietzsche or Kafka or something. It seemed like a natural thing." (<http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7045675/fear_and_loathing_at_25>) Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... Kafka redirects here. ...

Thompson himself first used the phrase in a letter to a friend written in the immediate aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, describing how he felt about whoever had shot President John F. Kennedy ^[9] He also used the term in The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, to describe how people regarded Ralph Steadman upon seeing his caricatures of them. Interestingly enough, the term decadent is also a one that is used by Nietzsche in a multitude of works, including most notably The Twilight of Idols (Philosophy With a Hammer). Kennedy Assassination redirects here. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is an article by Hunter S. Thompson that first appeared in a June 1970 issue of Scanlans Monthly magazine. ...

Reactions to the novel

When the novel was first published in the summer of 1972, many critics did not appreciate the novel’s lack of a cohesive plot and the excessive drug use of Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo. However, these reviewers understood that, while the novel lacked a plot, Thompson had written a work that was going to become a very important part of American literature.

In his review for the New York Times, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt told readers to not “even bother” with the novel and “what goes on in these pages make[s] Lenny Bruce seem angelic.” However, Lehmann-Haupt went on to acknowledge that the true importance of the novel was not the plot or actions of the characters but Thompson’s method. “The whole book boils down to a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer’s An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out.” ^[10] The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. ... An American Dream is a novel by American writer Norman Mailer. ...

As the book gained popularity, the reviews of the work became more and more positive. Crawford Woods, another reviewer for the New York Times, wrote a second, significantly more positive, review of the work a few weeks after Lehmann-Haupt’s. According to Woods, the novel is “a custom-crafted study of paranoia, a spew from the 1960’s and -in all its hysteria, insolence, insult and rot - a desperate and important book, a wired nightmare, the funniest piece of American prose.” He also said “this book is such a mind storm that we may need a little time to know that it is also literature…it unfolds a parable of the nineteen-sixties to those of us who lived in them in a mood –perhaps more melodramatic than astute -of social strife, surreal politics and the chemical feast.” Of Thompson himself, Woods said that he “trusts the authority of his senses, and the clarity of a brain posed between brilliance and burnout.” ^[11]

Over time the novel became a benchmark in American literature about the 1960s and early 1970s. Chris Morris from Billboard wrote, “through Duke and Gonzo's drug-addled shenanigans amid the seediness of the desert pleasure palaces, it perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the post-'60s era.” ^[12] Mikal Gilmore from Rolling Stone wrote that the novel “peers into the best and worst mysteries of the American heart” and sought to understand how the American dream had turned a gun on itself.” Gilmore believes that “the fear and loathing Thompson was writing about — a dread of both interior demons and the psychic landscape of the nation around him — wasn't merely his own; he was also giving voice to the mind-set of a generation that had held high ideals and was now crashing hard against the walls of American reality.” ^[13] Chris Morris may refer to : Chris Morris (satirist) Chris Morris (activist) Chris Morris (basketball player) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... Mikal Gilmore is a writer. ...

While there is still some controversy concerning the excessive drug use in the novel and how much of the work is truly autobiographical, the novel itself has become a standard for many students of American literature.

The novel as a work of gonzo journalism

Main article: Gonzo journalism

In the book The Great Shark Hunt, Thompson refers to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as "a failed experiment in gonzo journalism", a guerrilla style of reporting that Thompson championed and publicized throughout his career. Thompson said his idea of Gonzo journalism was based on William Faulkner's idea that "the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism — and the best journalists have always known this."^[14] Thompson's style tended to blend storytelling, fiction, and traditional journalism. Hunter S. Thompsons famous Gonzo logo. ... The Great Shark Hunt is a book written by Hunter S. Thompson. ... Hunter S. Thompsons famous Gonzo logo. ... William Cuthbert Faulkner (born William Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. ...

He called it a "failed" experiment because he originally intended to record all the details of his trip to Las Vegas as they happened, and then publish the raw, unedited notes. However, the novel ultimately underwent numerous revisions during the spring and summer of 1971. For example, the novel describes Duke attending both the motorcycle race and the narcotics convention within a few days time, while in real life the actual events took place over a month apart.^[15]. Thompson later wrote that "I found myself imposing an essentially fictional framework on what began as a piece of straight/crazy journalism".^[16]

Despite Thompson’s declaration that ‘‘Fear and Loathing’’ was a “failed experiment”, many others have heralded the work as Thompson’s crowning achievement in gonzo journalism. One critic noted that the novel “feels free wheeling when you read it [but] it doesn't feel accidental. The writing is right there, on the page — startling, unprecedented and brilliantly crafted.” ^[17]

The illustrations

Main article: Ralph Steadman

Welsh cartoonist Ralph Steadman added his style of beautiful yet grotesque illustrations to the Rolling Stone issues and to the novel. Steadman had first met Thompson when Scanlan's Monthly hired Steadman to do the illustrations for Thompson’s first venture into gonzo journalism called “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved.” Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. ... Scanlans Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication, running from March 1970 to January 1971. ... The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is an article by Hunter S. Thompson that first appeared in a June 1970 issue of Scanlans Monthly magazine. ...

Many critics have hailed Steadman’s illustrations as another main character of the novel and companion to Thompson’s disjointed narrative. The New York Times noted that “Steadman's drawings were stark and crazed and captured Thompson's sensibility, his notion that below the plastic American surface lurked something chaotic and violent. The drawings are the plastic torn away and the people seen as monsters.” ^[18]

Film adaptation

Main article: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)

Due to the popularity of the novel, there were many attempts to make a film out of the novel. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. ...

Oscar winning directors Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone both attempted to get a film version of the novel off the ground but their efforts were unsuccessful. Also, at one point, Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando were attached to play Duke and Gonzo, respectively. However, the production was stalled many years and both actors grew too old to do the characters justice. After Nicholson and Brando, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were considered but after Belushi’s death plans for the film were scrapped. ^[19] Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (b. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award winning film director and screenwriter. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House, and The Blues Brothers. ...

The film was almost made in 1989 when director Terry Gilliam was given a copy of the script by illustrator Ralph Steadman. However, Gilliam was busy with other projects and felt that the script “didn’t capture the story properly.” In 1997, Gilliam was given another version of the script and felt that this was the right time to sign on to direct. The film starred Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro as Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo respectively and was released in 1998. ^[20] Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, animator, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. ... John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the titular character of Tim Burtons Edward Scissorhands. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ...

See also

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)

• "Bat Country", a song by the Californian rock band Avenged Sevenfold that was mainly influenced by the novel.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. ... Bat Country is a single by an American metalcore band Avenged Sevenfold from their 2005 album, City of Evil. ... A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. ... For the self-titled album, see Avenged Sevenfold (album). ...

References

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Editions

• ISBN 0-679-78589-2 (paperback, 1999)
• ISBN 0-679-60298-4

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External links

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at the Internet Movie Database
• The Great Thompson Hunt
• Book Review by Nick Christenson
• Las Vegas Sun investigation into the actual historical events surrounding the book. Includes many other FLLV-related articles.