Talk:Hunter S. Thompson

Rum Diary release date

Every source I have checked says the release for The Rum Diary film has been pushed back to 2009. -Unsigned

It was, is, and always will be "The Rum Diaries". Not "Rum Diary". "The" is important, pluralized "Diaries" is key. RobVaughn (talk) 09:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Came out in 1999 then a rewrite in 2000, and reprinted in in 2012. What the <blank> "sources" have you checked?! It's all here:

http://www.amazon.com/Rum-Diary-Hunter-S-Thompson/dp/0684856476/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322299183&sr=1-1 RobVaughn (talk) 09:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

http://www.amazon.com/Rum-Diary-Hunter-S-Thompson/dp/1451659717/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322299183&sr=1-2 RobVaughn (talk) 09:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Short story that was folded in The Rum Diaries: http://www.amazon.com/Screwjack-Short-Hunter-S-Thompson/dp/0684873214/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322299183&sr=1-3 RobVaughn (talk) 09:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Main Picture

Can we please get a better photo of the Dr. of Gonzo? This man led a revolution of freaks and long-haired hellhounds. The old potbelly photo doesn't serve him justice. The good doctor needs a better photograph.

Needs

Article still needs a lot of work.

1) We're missing an entire section on HST's college lectures which introduced him and his work to new audiences in the 1970s through the 1990s. This need not be long, and can probably be documented using the Peter Whitmer book, and a few other sources. This is not an insignificant matter, as these lectures kept HST in the public eye during a period when he was generally publishing less new material.

2) The list of documentaries is overlong and reads as if promotional blurbs were used.

3) There's no list of published biographies and there have been something like a dozen, most published since HST's death. Their relative merits should be summarized. ahess247 (talk) 20:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

It's also missing a list of the actual, published works by HST. There's a whole lot of stuff other than the stuff he wrote, which is absurd, since the guy is probably one of the best writers of his era.--58.170.100.128 (talk) 09:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? ahess247 (talk) 17:51, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

0) Thompson made up the baseball team schtick (ref: "Fear and Loathing: The Rolling Stone Years" @ http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Rolling-Stone-Essential/dp/1439165955/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3) but ran track as a sprinter (ref: "The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1.)" - ref: @ http://www.amazon.com/Proud-Highway-Desperate-Gentleman-1955-1967/dp/0345377966/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_10.

Has anyone bothered to read his letters or check out photos? RobVaughn (talk) 09:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Medical issues

It says that when Thompson died/committed suicide, that he had numerous medical/health problems, but it doesn't say what. Just exactly what was he suffering from??? Thanks in advance to anybody that knows. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.7.21 (talk) 13:17, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that. It reads as if he was driven to suicide by health problems whereas the sources cited make it seem like more of an action than a response.137.111.13.200 (talk) 01:37, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Suicide Conspiracy

I see nothing in the article about the alleged conspiracy surrounding his suicide. I have just heard about this for the first time tonight, thought I might find something here about that but no. Is there any editor here who has any more insight about this? --The0ther (talk) 08:09, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

birthplace

The page for Horse Cave, Kentucky claims he was born there. 85.157.155.247 (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

His father was born there. Even if Hunter spent his early years there, does it have a maternity ward? I assume he was born in Louisville. Farrtj (talk) 22:07, 4 October 2012 (UTC)