Hunter S. Thompson was an author.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson , illustrated by Ralph Steadman . Hunter S. Thompson . The work he remains best known for , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream ( 1971 ) , constitutes a rumination on the failure of the 1960s counterculture movement .