HST interviewed about Las Vegas for Las Vegas City Life
O'Brien: The city has changed a lot since the book was published. Have you kept up with the changes or, as you seemed to indicate, is the city something you got over a while ago?
Thompson: The city's frightening now. That's the basis of my reaction to Las Vegas. It's not the same city I wrote about. It's not the same place at all. You'll notice that even the – what do you call them? – milestone or trademark casinos are gone.
O'Brien: You mentioned 14 hotel-casinos in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and I think only four of them are still standing.
Thompson: Let me make note of that. [Papers shuffle and there's a break in the conversation.]
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