SELECTED NEWSPAPER REVIEWS

OF

HUNTER S. THOMPSON

Albany Times Union

Dieffenbach, John Some Gems in Gonzo's Trash; 1/29/89

Arizona Daily Star

Somers, Ron Thompson needs new topic; 'Doomed' is recycled fodder; 3/3/91

Levin, Rob 'Shark Hunt'-a Thompson sampler; 11/18/79

Associated Press

Hollywood: Entertainment Briefs
(Peter Boyle and Bill Murray will star in "Where the Buffalo Roam," a movie fictionally drawn from events in the life of "gonzo journalist HST); 6/15/79

Yager, Fred

Which Version Did the Critics See? (It's Saturday Night at the movies and you've just left your favorite theater wondering why the picture got those terrible reviews); 6/17/80

Atlanta Journal & Constitution

Monroe, Doug Thompson Laments America the Doomed; 1/6/91, p. N-10

Kloer, Phil 'Baghdad' is a Scud Missile of a memoir; 1/26/92, p. N-8

Rolling Stone salutes writers; 5/27/92, p. E-3

Jensen, Kris The Newsstand Fortune looks at children with unfortunate lives; 7/28.92, p. E-3

Jensen The Newsstand Ultra-slick Vibe covering behind-the-scenes hip-hop; 9/8/92, p. B-3

Celebrity Buzz: Lee sued for using video of beating; 9/13/92, p. C-2

Vesey, Susannah Peach Buzz: Personalities; 9/15/92, p. B-2

Baltimore Sun

Hall, Wiley A., 3rd Hunter Thompson and world as he sees it; 9/4/88

Stepp, Carl Sessions Hunter Thompson: rantings by a voice from the 1960s; 1/6/91

Billboard

Thomas, Bruce The Big Wheel: Rock & Roll and Roadside Attractions; 1/14/92, p. 62

Birmingham News

Carlton, Bob It's more of a jaunt than savage journey, but promise is there; 7/31/88

Hanson, Jeff Environmental thriller explores life's murky side; 9/6/88

Boston Globe

Devine, Laurie Uppers and downers (Shark rev); 9/16/79, p. A-7

Wilkie, Curtis The Doctor is In (prof); 2/7/88, p. BGM-17

Feeney, Mark The Good Doctor (Swine rev); 6/19/88, p. A-17

Gonzales, Fernando Back from Gonzo (lecture rev); 4/14/89, p. 30

Reidy, Chris Gonzo Audio; Names and Faces (rev); 12/26/90, p. 50

Feeney, Mark He's gotta fly it; Names and Faces; 4/8/91, p. 39

Blowen, Michael It was only the Addams Family (rev of Aspen art exhibit); 11/26/91, p. living-26

Gilbert, Matthew Rolling Stone fawns over Bill Clinton; 9/2/92, p. 71

Buffalo News

Montgomery, David Hunter Thompson Flails Away At the Foibles of Life in the '80s; 7/24/88

Camden (NJ) Courier Post

Kent, Bill A journalist for these crazed times (Shark rev); 9/23/79

Charleston Evening Post

(Shark rev); 11/16/79, p. 5-C

Charlottesville Progress

Prior, Richard 'The Great Shark Hunt': Rebellious Invective; 10/7/79

Chicago Tribune

(still need to locate this article); 7/23/72, p. Sec9-3

Algren, Nelson Savage Image of America (Shark rev); 7/15/79, p. Sec7-1

Dretzka, Gary Swine is Lean on Dr Gonzo; 7/19/88, p. Sec5-3

Petersen, Clarence Swine (rev); 8/13/89, p. Sec14-7

Johnson, Steve Questions to stoke this 'lecturer'; 12/7/89, p. Tempo-1

Liebenson, Donald Best of Bill; Murray madness on videos; 12/7/89, p. Tempo-15

Johnson, Steve Gonzo at 50 (concert hall lecture); 12/7/89, p. Sec5-1

Bauers, Sandy Making room for unabridged works (Doomed audio rev); 6/14/90, p. Tempo-15

Hilkevitch, Jon A race against one; 10/5/90, p. 28

Farber, Jim Jack's back: Underground Beat Poets Resurface on recordings; 10/25/90,Tempo-12B

Bauers, Sandy Gonzo goes audio as Hunter Thompson grunts out his 'Songs of the Doomed'; 1/10/91, p. Tempo-15A

Petersen, Clarence Paperbacks; 12/1/91, p. Books-8

Dretzka, Gary 60's thru Thompson's Lens; 2/5/91, p. Sec5-3

Christian Science Monitor

Steritt, David Why a good film takes more than high ambitions; Where the Buffalo Roam;5/30/80, p. 19

Citizen-Times

Brown, Tony Mad Doctor Commits Another Evil Deed (Shark rev); not dated

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Frakes, James R. Loathings of Hunter Thompson in new anthology;10/5/79

Cleveland Press

Stella, Charles Great shark Hunter digests politicians (rev of Shark Hunt); 9/6/79

Columbia (SC) The State

Sebak, Richard 'The Great Shark Hunt' Is A Bit Disappointing; 8/26/79

Rick Sebak Bookaholic television segment; (air date) 9/27/79

Courier-Post

Kent, Bill A Journalist for these crazed times (Shark rev); 9/23/79, p. 4F

Dallas Times Herald

Williams, Gene Hunter Thompson Revisited (Shark rev); 9/2/79

Dayton Daily News

Rosenfeld, Arnold Hunter Thompson on The True Way (Shark rev); 8/19/79

Denver Post

Carlton, Michael Fear & Loathing in Hawaii; 11/6/83

Des Moines Sunday Register

Eagar, Harry The great Gonzo's legacy (Shark rev); 8/19/79

Detroit Free Press

Taylor, Alex There's nothing here to fear but loathing; 8/19/79

Detroit News

Leonard, Elmore The Gonzo Papers: Lots of fear and loathing (Shark rev); 8/26/79

Facts on File News Digest Best Sellers; ; 9/16/88

Figaro Middleton, Harry Gonzo Shark Hunting and Other Tales; 12/17/79, p. III-13

Gannet News Service

Anderson, Lin Town Gets Thompson Treatment in 'Fear and Loathing in Elko'; 1/20/92

(Grand Junction)

Westworld Shaw, Mildred Hart Book-shelf (rev Shark Hunt); 9/2/79 13

Guardian

Vidal, John No-show time for Gonzo (weekend arts) 1986 (? date), p. 10

Hartford Courant

O'Connor, Thomas J. The latest from Gonzo: amusing and dated; 9/11/88

Review of Great Shark Hunt; 12/16/79

'Duke' Thompson Aims for Jugular Vein (Shark rev); 8/12/79, p. 6-G

Independent

Irvine, Ian Travellers' Tales: With the greatest of Sleeze (Hunter's description of Las Vegas); 3/17/90, p. 48

Usborne, David Out of the West: Clinton v Gonzo Man in shoot-out in Little Rock,7/29/92, p. 9

Sleeve Notes (rev Doomed); 1/17/91, p. 14

Leith, William Earie Times for Oddballs (rev Doomed); 10/13/91, p. 33

Carr, Joan Just change the title and the plot (rev Doomed); 11/21/91, p. 28

Indianapolis News

Brown, L.T. Thompson Leads Hairy Breed of Journalism (Shark rev); 9/8/79

International Herald Tribune

People: Gonzo and Rambo Art- Highly Confrontational; 11/26/91 Feature

Ithaca Journal

Royko, Mike; Bill: Tell McGovern to get lost; 7/15/92, p. 8A

Jacksonville, Florida Times Union

Kloer, Phil Thompson covers strange trip of '60s in 'Shark Hunt'; 9/9/79

Kansas City Star

Gifts of Words (Shark rev); 12/2/79, p. 1-E

London Free Press

Goodden, Herman This one should survive other Watergate efforts (Shark rev); 10/13/79

Los Angeles Daily News

Appleford, Steve Epitaphs from Hunter Thompson 12/23/90

Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Carlson, Timothy Ravings of a '70's evil-watcher (Shark rev); 8/9/79, p.F-5

Los Angeles Times

Greenberg, Peter Haunting of Hunter Thompson; 6/10/73, p. Bks-1

Wolff, Geoffrey Walking Bomb Writes; 8/12/79, p. Bks-1

Greenberg, Peter S. The haunting of Hunter Thompson; 8/12/79, p. 9

Lochte, Dick Book Notes (Curse of Lono); 7/17/83, p. BK-10

Raksin, Alex Nonfiction in Brief; 8/7/88, p. Bks-4

Goldstein, Patrick Pop-Eye: Atlantic Bites Back with Free Speech Album; 7/15/90, p. 58

Toure, Yemi Newsmakers (short rev of Doomed); 10/4/90, p. E-1

Bowden, Charles The Magic Bus; On the Bus and The Further Inquiry (reviews, heavy HST); 10/21/90, p. Bks-1

Sepchen, Bob Magazines: Bill Clinton Seems to be a Natural on Latest Cover of Rolling Stone; 9/3/93, p. E-6

Toure, Yemi Newsmakers (rev of art exhibit); 11/26/91, p. E-1

Louisville Courier-Journal and Times

Scott, Archie Curse of Lono (rev); 12/4/83

Kaukas, Dick Generation of Swine (rev); 9/4/88

Pope, James S, Jr. (for Gannett News Service) Appreciating Gonzo Guy (on McKeen's book); 5/6/91

Madison (Wis) Capital Times

Kadushin, Raphael Thompson's Cheap shots force us to see the truth; 7/30/88

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Graves, Tom On the run 1/22/84

Milwaukee Journal

Moe, Doug Hunter's season is long gone; 11/20/83

Dowlding, Bill Thompson rambles on at a different pace; 7/17/88

Minneapolis Star and Tribune

Gillespie, J. Gonsophile alert: Hunter Thompson is back and he's better than usual; 8/14/88

Minneapolis Tribune

Nolen, Wm A., MD Thompson Gleefully guilty of every crime but dullness (Shark rev); 9/16/79, p. 14-G

Nashville (Tenn) Banner

Holman, Curt Thompson still gonzo patriarch, but short columns dull his razor; 8/27/88

Nashville Tennessean

Badger, David Thompson's Latest Gonzo Volume Depicts the Hunter After the Shark; 8/26/79

New Brunswick Home News

Genovese, Peter Savage caricature in 'Shark Hunt'; 9/30/79

New Haven Advocate Mix

Thugs, David Waterheads and Montebanks: A History of Gonzo Journalism; 10/10/79

New Haven Register

Wyman, Carolyn Thompson remains true to 'Gonzo' style; 4/15/89

New Mexico Daily, Lobo Univ., Albuquerque

Smith, Rick Gonzo hunts a presidential shark; 9/20/79

Newport News Daily Press

Allen, David (Shark rev); 9/9/79

Newsday

Scaduto, Anthony; Vaughan, Doug and Stasi, Linda Inside New York; 12/23/91, p. 13

New York Times

Litwak, Leo Hell's Angels (rev); 1/29/67, p. VII-6

Nichols, Lewis In and out of Books (on Angels); 3/5/67, p. 8

Lehmann-Haupt, Chris Heinous Chemicals at Work; 6/22/72

Woods, Crawford Best Book on the Dope Decade; 7/23/72, p. 17

(still need article) 5/18/73, p. 35

Seligson, Tom Tripping of the Presidency '72; 7/15/73, p. VII-7

F&L on the Campaign Trail; 2/10/74, p. VII-24

Lask, Thomas Book Awards, HST withdraws; 3/17/75, p. 24

Lichtenstein, Grace Rolling Drone; 6/3/75

Grumbach, Doris rev of Jerome Klinkowitz' The Life of Fiction; 11/6/77, p. 16

Buckley, William F. Jr. Shark (rev); 8/5/79, p. VII-1

Leonard, John Books of the Times; 8/10/79, p. III-23

(advertisement for The Great Shark Hunt); 9/9/79, p. VII-16

Best Sellers Nonfiction; 9/9/79

O'Conner, John J TV rev. Pursuit of Bazaar; 11/23/80, p. II-35

Shark (rev) Paperbacks New & Noteworthy; 8/24/80, p. VII-27

Paperback Best Sellers, Mass Market; 11/27/83, p. VII-40

Paperback Best Sellers, Mass Market; 12/4/83, p. VII-84

Haas, Charlie Curse of Lono (rev); 1/15/84, p. VII-19

In Short: Fiction; 7/29/84, p. VII-20

Best Sellers; 7/17/88, p. VII-32

Best Sellers; 7/24/88, p. VII_26

Best Sellers; 7/31/88, p. VII-30

Best Sellers; 8/7/88, p. VII-26

Mitgang, Herbert Art of Insult (Swine rev); 8/11/88, p. C-23

Ross, Michael E. In Short; Nonfiction; (Swine rev) 8/14/88, p. VII-17

Corrections to 8/11 article; 8/17/88, p. A-3

Best Sellers; 8/28/88, p. VII-30

Best Sellers; 9/11/88, p. VII-40

Best Sellers; 9/18/88, p. VII-48

Best Sellers; 10/2/88, p.VII-36

Best Sellers; 10/9/88, p. VII-44

Best Sellers; 10/16/88, p. VII-48

Best Sellers; 10/23/88, p. VII-58

Best Sellers; 10/30/88, p.VII-44

Best Sellers; 11/13/88, p. VII-64

Paperback Best Sellers List; 11/12/89, p. VII-62

Rosenbaum, Ron Still Gonzo (Songs rev); 11/25/90, p. VII-7

What a Long Strange Trip it Was; 12/9/90, p. VII-3

Johnson, George New & Noteworthy (Songs review); 11/24/91, p. VII-34

Ottawa Citizen

Gordon, Charles Gonzo news from outlaw, doped writer (Shark rev);10/6/79

Palo Alto, Peninsula Times Tribune

Ford, Jan (Shark rev); 10/27/79

Patriot Ledger

Williams, Paul Two writers look at similar subjects in different ways (Shark rev); 8/31/79

Sunday Peninsula Herald

Thomas, Kevin 'Gonzo Journalist at Work (Shark rev); 9/2/798-C

Philadelphia Inquirer

Carey, Art Thompson takes a trip-- this time, to Hawaii; 11/6/83

Milward, John A collection of commentary by pundit Hunter Thompson; 7/10/88

Thompson, David S. A Gonzo search for 'the funniest joke': The truth (Shark rev); 8/19/79

Richmond News Leader

Baker, Ira Thompson's 'Gonzo Papers' Have Little to Offer; 10/10/79

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Slack, Charles Vintage columns make 'Swine' worth reading; 7/7/88

Roanoke Times & World-News

King, Nina Hunter Thompson on the trail; 9/17/79, p. F-4

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Leonard, John Super Geek. More strange snippetsfrom Thompson's works; 8/26/79

Rocky Mountain News

Middleton, Harry Thompson's Lost the Edge; 10/28/90

Rockland Reporter

Review of Great Shark Hunt; 10/17/79

Sacramento, Suttertown News

Holt, Tim (Shark rev); 9/21/79, p. 11

San Francisco Chronicle

Leonard, John Hunter Super Greek (Shark rev); 8/26/79, p. 47

Stone, Judy (film rev) Selling of Gonzo Journalist; 5/2/80, p. 68

Hinckle, Warren Distant Thunder Buffalo (film); 5/28/80, p.6

Perry, Paul King of Gonzo Journalism (int); 3/29/81, p. Rev-10

Holt, Patricia Danger & Weirdness (Lono rev); 11/6/83, p. Rev-1

Robertson, Michael Thompson and Steadman viewed; 12/27/83, p. 13

Ross, Michael E American Dream's Underbelly; 12/23/90, p. Rev-5

San Jose Mercury News

Clark, Tom Bashing the swine; 7/3/88

Savannah News-Press Sunday Magazine

Gonzo Journalist's Weird Adventures; 9/9/79, p. 5f

Toledo Blade

Thomas, Kevin Autopsy On Our Culture (rev); 9/23/79

Toronto Star

Kucherawy, Dennis Welcome to the No Decade (rev Doomed); 2/2/91, p. F-1

Blackakar, Bruce Rolling Stone wrtiers more interesting than cover boy (rev Clinton article); 9/12/92

People: Hunter Thompson 'a pathetic victim'; 4/7/91, p. D-21

Tulsa World

Maurer, Mitch Thompson's Ramblings Land Well off the Mark; 7/3/88

United Press International

Trott, William C. People (on dedication of Doomed); 10/2/90

USA Today

Books for casual readers and collectors12/21/89 p. 2-C

Briefly (on dedication of Doomed)10/3/90 p. 2-D

Allen, Bruce Misadventures of Kesey and Thompson; 11/29/90, p. 5-D

Celebrity Gossip; 11/25/91, p. 2-D

Graham, Sandy; Kennedy, Paul Coffee-Table gift books that don't cost a fortune12/1/91, p. 6

Wall Street Journal

Gannan, Franklin-Reid Gonzo Style Journalism Goes Hawaiian; 1/9/84, p. 16

Perry, James M. A Madhouse Writer in a Peach Daiquiri Era (Shark rev); 9/5/79, p. 3

Washington Post

Allen, Henry For Hunter S. Thompson, Outrage is the Only Way Out; 7/23/72, p. Bks:4

Willis, Garry Hunter Thompson: Rollercoasting through the 60's/70's; 8/19/79, p. BKS:1

Washington Best Sellers Nonfiction; 8/19/79

Dirda, Michael Fear and Loathing in Hawaii; The Curse of Lono; 12/18/83, p. Books-13

Edens, Michael Thompson, More Gone Than Gonzo (Swine rev); 8/2/88, p. Style-3

Himes, Geoffrey Recorded Authors Keep to the Beat; 10/5/90, p. N-19

Nicosia, Gerald What a Long Strange Trip; 11/18/90, p. WBK-1

Brace, Eric Personalities: Gonzo Art; 11/26/91, p. B-3

Washington Star

Lukas, J. Anthony Men of Their Era, Writers As Mirrors (Shark rev); 8/26/79, p. Bks1

Washington Times (wire dispatches)

Gonzo artist aims at J.Edgar Hoover; 11/25/91, p. A-2

Whittier, California; News

(Shark rev); 10/20/79

Wilmington Sunday News Journal

Leonard, John Notes of a 'gonzo' journalist (Shark rev); 8/28/79

Winnipeg Free Press

MacKay, Douglas What now for dope set's Don Quixote?(Shark rev);

(Leisure) 10/13/79, p. 7

Winnipeg Tribune

Allentuck, Andrew Through the seventies on a suitcase of drugs;10/20/79

Winston-Salem Journal

Multer, Andrew A Collection From the 'Gonzo' King (Shark rev); 9/2/79, p. C-4

Winston-Salem Sentinel

Mashburn, Rick The Doktor Mutters; Do We Understand? (Shark rev); 8/17/79

Worcester Telegram

Hafey, Richard J. (Shark rev); 9/23/79

 

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