| Kingdom Of Fear |
Article Index for Kingdom Of |
Website Links For Kingdom |
Information AboutKingdom Of Fear |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT KINGDOM OF FEAR | |
| books by hunter s. thompson | |
| 2003 novels | |
| american novels | |
|
''Kingdom of Fear'' can be closely related to many of his other novels because it follows the same themes. ''Kingdom of Fear'' follows closely to the Thompson trend of rebellion against the government and law enforcement and also excessive and unconventional drug usage. It seems to begin as memoires or an auto-biography, but the book rapidly devolves into numerous fragmented exploits of Thompson's which could be termed as a type of 'Gonzo Biography'. There is a rough adhereance to actual chronology, but many events in the book are not in chronological order, and some (such as his alleged rape/assualt case with Gail Palmer) are fragmented across the book. In addition to auto-biographical stories, Thompson includes a variety of other work in the book, such as his "Rules for Driving Fast", an example of which is #3, which begins like this: "''No. 3'' - Have no ''small'' wrecks. If you are going to loop out & hit something, ''hit it hard''. Never mind that old-school physics bullshit about Irresistible Force & the Immovable Object." Or rule #5, which ends with the following advice: "The smoking of oili hashish is optional, and in truth Not Recommended for use ''before'' driving at speeds up to 150mph in residential districts. The smoking of powerful hashish should be saved until after yr. ''return'' from the drive, when nerve-endings are crazy & raw." He also includes many fragments that were obviously penned whilst under the influence of pyscotic drugs, or written to look that way. One deranged chapter lasts only a page-and-a-half, a letter, alleged written by a girl named 'Xania' but obviously written either by Thompson himself or a fan with an extremely good imitation of his style. In the letter, the 8-year-old 'Xania' begs Thompson to send her plane tickets so that she can "scream and dance on your {Link without Title} lap while my mother watches." This reverse-peadophilic rant continues for approxmiately half a page until the girl notes that, "If the sea had brains, I would suck them out. But I can't. The sea has no penis." She then goes on to ask Thompson why this is, if he is so smart, and begins an agry rant at Thomspon himself, finishing that she loves him and must have the plane tickets. Writing and punctuation themes are more pronounced in 'Kingdom of Fear' than in many of Thompson's previous works. In particular, he habitually uses the following alterations: - The addition of a number in numerals in brackets after printing the number as word, such as, "but when you are a nine-year-old boy with two (2) full-grown FBI agents..." - The use of the '&' instead of the word 'and' when he is using 'and' as a word to connect two adjectives, such as, "deranged & insane" - The use of the abrreviation 'yr.' instead of the word 'your'. |
|
|