Posted by Ritch on September 4, 2002, at 10:41:54
In reply to Re: Book idea: Hell's Angels-Hunter S. Thompson, posted by Mashogr8 on September 3, 2002, at 14:16:24
> I looked through most of the sample pages. This is definitely not a book I would seek out in the library or a bookstore. The coarseness of it is slightly overwelming for me. It's good to expose oneself to another side of life that might have been feared. From what I read, My fears will be confirmed (but that's just me).
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> Re how the book is written: I get really impatient with lots of quotes from other writers thrown in the text of a book. If this book were chosen, I'd probably read it but I'm not sure it will be one I would recommend to anyone . One of the reviewers says there is not much meat but lots of numbers. Don't know if that's true but that part sounds too textbookish.
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> MAHi,
I would be willing to read nearly anything. It just seems like the board is evaporating. I have read some very diverse books in the past, although I generally don't read very much anymore (employment tends to decrease reading). I have never read any of Thompson's stuff before. This seemed interesting because it is a peek inside something that is clouded with myths. I was just wondering if folks would leave the read with *less* fear of such people. Of course, Thompson could wind up *creating* more myth out of it than it deserves. His manic-journalistic writing style might get wearing after a chapter or two.
thanks for responding,
Mitch
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