 Hunter S. Thompson (qv)s tribute to Oscar as he boards the plane  was actually taken from "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat: Fear  and Loathing in the Graveyard of the Weird," and was later added to  the forward of Acostas autobiography. The forward is little more  than a quote, while the original article is a fascinating eulogy on  the mysterious disappearance of his friend Oscar. The article is  reprinted in its entirety in "The Great Shark Hunt", Hunter S.  Thompson.