> Thompson was a much better and more successful writer. It seems weird to compare William S. Burroughs to Hunter S. Thompson. Burroughs wrote surreal Science

> Thompson was a much better and more successful writer. It seems weird to compare William S. Burroughs to Hunter S. Thompson. Burroughs wrote surreal Science Fiction while Thompson was a journalist. That's like comparing Thomas Wolfe (You Can't Go Home Again) to Tom Wolfe (Electric Kool Aid Acid Test.) The author doesn't make the case that one was better than the other in their respective genres. I honestly don't understand the point of this essay.