"We were somewhere around Cygnus V, on the edge of the Nebula.."

[ragboy]

Yup, but none managing to pull it off the way he did.

You could say, though, that Hunter was the spiritual godfather of the "blogging" movement.

I made a similar comment the first time I saw a 'blog.' Of course, that blog was pigdog.org (which makes no bones about being Hunter's illegitimate children). He made his own legend and then he tried to live to it. Fear and Loathing was a good book, not a great one. My favorite of his work was the series he did for Rolling Stone about the Clarence Thomas - Anita Hill thing several years ago. Judge Thomas as a coked up shotgun toting pimp was not to be missed.

But it's true, he's the father of a lot of journalistic practices... he was the first embedded journalist (with the Hell's Angels), you can't watch the Daily Show without his spirit hanging over it... He'll definitely be missed.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

I've been surprised by how little known he is amoung younger people, generally the over-30s seem to be more aware, but the 20 somethings are surprisingly ignorant considering how many journalists have ripped off the gonzo style.

Or there are people in their twenties so "done" with journalists they haven't bothered to look into it.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

I'm sorry for your loss Nisarg. It's a loss for all of us, whether we know it yet or not. I only wish I could have met him, let alone been his friend.

I realized after I read your post that I've somewhat unconsciously modeled quite a few of my characters over the years on HST. The attitude, more than anything really. But one of these days I might just have to have my PCs meet up with a fast-talking bard and his tanked-up fighter buddy as they're riding into Waterdeep to crash a City Guard convention...

 

[tarchon]

I've been surprised by how little known he is amoung younger people, generally the over-30s seem to be more aware, but the 20 somethings are surprisingly ignorant considering how many journalists have ripped off the gonzo style.

The ones who blog seem to know him pretty well - I must have seen a dozen blog entries about it, and that's a population heavily skewed to the 18-28 range.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

That may have something to do with the generally higher education, formidable intellect and unbelievable hipness of your average blogger.

Why yes, I do write a blog, why do you ask?