Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. No, I didn’t become some drug seeking journalist, but it turned me on to a different view of, well, everything. I was reading nothing but Stephen King and history books, fresh out of 12 years of catholic school, and this book broke the mental dam. I started reading Irvine Welsh, Kerouac, anything off the beaten path, compared to what I was used to reading and internalizing. It really opened my mind, and made me more of an accepting person, something the previous 12 years did not.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. No, I didn’t become some drug seeking journalist, but it turned me on to a different view of, well, everything. I was reading nothing but Stephen King and history books, fresh out of 12 years of catholic school, and this book broke the mental dam. I started reading Irvine Welsh, Kerouac, anything off the beaten path, compared to what I was used to reading and internalizing. It really opened my mind, and made me more of an accepting person, something the previous 12 years did not.