“The novel is semi-autobiographical; Hasford served as a Marine combat correspondent in Vietnam. The Short-Timers was the primary source material for Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 film Full Metal Jacket (co-written by Kubrick, Hasford, and Michael Herr). The same poetic narration also appears in the published screenplay.”
HASFORD is one of the GOAT novelists - criminally underappreciated. He's probably my biggest influence along with SHANE STEVENS, vis a vis my FICTION writing efforts.
“The novel is semi-autobiographical; Hasford served as a Marine combat correspondent in Vietnam. The Short-Timers was the primary source material for Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 film Full Metal Jacket (co-written by Kubrick, Hasford, and Michael Herr). The same poetic narration also appears in the published screenplay.”
HASFORD is one of the GOAT novelists - criminally underappreciated. He's probably my biggest influence along with SHANE STEVENS, vis a vis my FICTION writing efforts.