Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic 1971 gonzo journalism novel chronicling a drug-fueled road trip through Las Vegas that satirizes the collapse of the American Dream.
All labels observed (2)
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| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book) canonical | 3 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15032953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book) Context triple: [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film), basedOn, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book)]
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 surreal black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism novel about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas.
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is a landmark work of gonzo political journalism chronicling the 1972 U.S. presidential election with Hunter S. Thompson’s trademark blend of reportage, satire, and personal narrative.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a documentary film that chronicles the unconventional life, career, and cultural impact of journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson.
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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a groundbreaking and controversial novel by William S. Burroughs, known for its nonlinear, hallucinatory depiction of addiction and its central place in Beat Generation literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book) Target entity description: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic 1971 gonzo journalism novel chronicling a drug-fueled road trip through Las Vegas that satirizes the collapse of the American Dream.
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A.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 surreal black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism novel about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas.
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B.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is a landmark work of gonzo political journalism chronicling the 1972 U.S. presidential election with Hunter S. Thompson’s trademark blend of reportage, satire, and personal narrative.
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C.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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D.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a documentary film that chronicles the unconventional life, career, and cultural impact of journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson.
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E.
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a groundbreaking and controversial novel by William S. Burroughs, known for its nonlinear, hallucinatory depiction of addiction and its central place in Beat Generation literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tod Davies
linked to: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book)
subject linked to:
Laila Nabulsi
linked to: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book)