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In short, an LSD book by a guy who never did LSD. - [28 Apr 2009]
Does the caption paint a strong enough picture? It's five-thirty in the morning and i just finished the last page of one incredibly condescending, disingenuous look at 60's drug culture by an admitted conservative hanger-on with no tangible ties or affiliations...
finished the last page of one incredibly condescending, disingenuous look at 60's drug culture...
www.amazon.com/review/R1HF1OKETC...
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Great Book - [21 Nov 2008]
I recommend this book to anyone that want an inside look at the start of the hippie revolution.
www.amazon.com/review/R3M5EOSG6...
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Post Jack Kerouac - [18 Nov 2008]
I have really enjoyed many of Jack Kerouac's novels and was looking to explore something along those lines. This all takes place post Kerouac prior to the 'Woodstock' movement in the San Francisco Bay Area/ California. It can be a little difficult at ...
those lines. This all takes place post Kerouac prior to the 'Woodstock' movement in the...
www.amazon.com/review/R15YL1OL0...
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Good, better if you have read "On The Road First" - [03 Nov 2008]
Good book. More in context if you have read "On The Road" by Jack Keruoac first.
www.amazon.com/review/R2I4ZRS09...
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Fascinating to contemplate - [24 Oct 2008]
"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" is the second totally drug inspired documentary I have read. The first was Hunter Thompson's autobiographical "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." That book, to me, was the scariest ever. Wolfe's, however, fascinated me....
The first was Hunter Thompson's autobiographical "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." That...
www.amazon.com/review/R1URZNRJ0...
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Interesting and well-written - [21 Jul 2008]
Tom Wolfe takes us through part of the acid-movement of the 60's with Ken Kesey (author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and company as they embark on their journey across America to popularize acid. Wolfe writes in a way that sort of makes you feel...
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and company as they embark on their journey across America...
www.amazon.com/review/R2OXV1VVGPS...
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I have an... wait, no... YES! I have an idea. - [04 Jun 2008]
This is a benchmark of non fiction. From reading it, one can understand why. This book has an insane and inspiring stylistic prose, but that isn't to say it isn't flawed. I personally think it rambles a bit, repeats itself, but such is the nature of a...
an insane and inspiring stylistic prose, but that isn't to say it isn't flawed. I personally...
www.amazon.com/review/R3FZSGVRV...
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Mind-blowing experience - [04 Jun 2008]
There are storybooks, there are psychedelic books, and then there is The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe. It is the true story of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their physical voyage across the United States, as well as their symbolic...
Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe. It is the true story of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their...
www.amazon.com/review/RIBKMUHRGF...
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On The Road (part two) - [03 Apr 2008]
!!Fr aky!! (Almost)::::dated So, Tom Wolfe tries to describe the Hip-Acid-Flower-Love groove. It is effective--SOMEWHAT--though his book blots up extra words and bloats up too many pages ("There is too much distance between the covers of this book.") ...
It is effective--SOMEWHAT--though his book blots up extra words and bloats up too many ...
www.amazon.com/review/RUSZER3UHAGKJ...
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Very good...not great. - [17 Nov 2007]
Very interesting account of the birth of the Hippie Movement in America (if not the world). When Wolfe's words are flowing it's awesome. But his jumbling up of styles, though intended to reflect what he was experiencing, more often than not, is boring...
. When Wolfe's words are flowing it's awesome. But his jumbling up of styles, though intended...
www.amazon.com/review/R1L6I4BIS...
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