Backwards,
Hunter and Kerouac were my two favorite authors of all time. Ironic that you'd mention them in the same post (altho not too odd, since Hunter was a "peripheral" Beat).
All hippie shit aside, the man was fucking dauntless. I can NOT see him taking his own life.
I loved him, and I mourn him like I would a family member.
I do so fervently hope his soul is resting in peace.
Too bad he can't come back and give us *his* version of life on the Other Side.
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backwards7 said:
I'm surprised Hunter shot himself because he didn't seem the type. Maybe he was ill and didn't want to waste away.
Like Jack Kerouac before him, he had the ability to vividly capture the moment in his prose. You can read his books and articles, particularly his early work, and decades later it's still fresh and full of energy. You can feel the combined forces of the times in which these pieces were written and Hunter's own personality coming through in the writing. A difficult thing to do well.
