Who is your /lit/ hero?
>Hunter S. Thompson
>Monstrously degenerate, exhilarating life of absolute raw freedom
>Made a beast of himself, subsquently freeing himself from the pains of mankind
>Killed himself after doing what he loved all his life
>>7818947
underage b& just read Fear & Loathing for the first time?
the last time a non-jew was allowed to be a rockstar journalist
>Ernest Hemingway
Everything. Just. Everything.
>>7818959
hello /reddit/
>BTFO out of Jesus AND Socrates
Enough said
>>7818947
>hero
>monstrously degenerate
>killed himself
get out
>>7818947
You mean
>Libelist
>Belligerent fuck
>Complete shitstain
>Charles Bukowski
>He's the only true onest author who said that he writes poems just because he wants to get laid
I don't even like his poems tho.
>>7818977
literally who?
>>7820360
Starlord, legendary outlaw? Cmon.
Tim Sharky
>>7821945
Wow Dan Harmon's really reeled himself in.
>>7821951
>them tippy-toes
Nice try, fucko
William S. Burroughs.
>>7822061
He's living the literary lifestyle
>>7818947
>Jack Kerouac
>Monstrously degenerate, exhilarating life of absolute raw freedom
>Made a beast of himself, subsquently freeing himself from the pains of mankind
>Killed himself after doing what he loved all his life
>>7820359A true nihilist and literary critic
>>7818947
>Made a beast of himself, freeing himself from the pain of mankind
Poe
Lovecraft
C. Hedges
> Humble
> Wise
> high sense of collective well being
> brave, was a war correspondent
> has sued the Federal Government and Obama
> not only an activist, but he actually teaches the less fortunate inside prisons
> Has the balls to write and talk about the things no one else is talking or writing about
> theologian and moralist, but differentiates objective reality and scientific knowledge from magical thinking
Selected biography: Empire of Illusion and The World as It Is
https://youtu.be/DpIrqXgWPxo
>>7818947
What should I read by Thompson? I've already read Fear and Loathing and the original "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" story.
>was Wittgenstein's protege
>has read between 15,000 and 20,000 books
>knows literally everything about literature and philosophy
>was friends with Gaddis and Hawkes
>is the author of the greatest work of fiction since Ulysses
>>7821975
I laughed
>>7823133
No,
No
No
Sure
Yes.
>>7818947
>born into the french aristocracy
>no discernible literary talent
>spent almost half of his life incarcerated
>still incredibly famous
>>7818951
Not even that. I was forced to watch the documentary.
>>7823421
Everything I said is 100% correct. Read interviews and news articles about him and see for yourself.
Henry Miller
The person he presents himself to be in his novels (no idea how close this is to reality thou) is the closest I have seen someone get to the ubermensch.
I really need to sit down sometime and read both Tropic of Cancer and Thus Spake Zarathustra at the same time
>>7823043
fear and loathing on the campaign trail '72
