The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | |
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 Cover of the first US Edition |
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| Author | Tom Wolfe |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | LSD, beat generation, hippies |
| Genre(s) | literary journalism |
| Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| ISBN | 978-0553380644 |
| OCLC Number | 42827164 |
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a work of literary journalism by Tom Wolfe, published in 1968. Using techniques from the genre of hysterical realism and pioneering new journalism, the novel tells the story of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. The book follows the Pranksters across the country driving in a psychedelic painted school bus dubbed "Furthur," reaching what they considered to be personal and collective revelations through the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. The novel also describes the Acid Tests, early performances by The Grateful Dead, and Kesey's exile to Mexico.
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[edit] Mentioned in Acid Test
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- Carolyn Adams Garcia (also called Mountain Girl)
- Ken Babbs
- The Beatles
- Michael Bowen
- Stewart Brand
- William S. Burroughs
- Neal Cassady
- Doctor Strange
- Bob Dylan
- Jerry Garcia
- Allen Ginsberg
- The Grateful Dead
- Bill Graham
- Hells Angels
- Jack Kerouac
- Ken Kesey
- Timothy Leary
- Larry McMurtry
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Owsley Stanley
- Jefferson Airplane
- Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground
- William Westerfeld House
- Aldous Huxley
- Country Joe & the Fish
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Wavy Gravy
- Maynard Ferguson
- Ornette Coleman
[edit] Film adaptation
A film adaptation of the book is in development for a 2010 release. It will be directed by Gus Van Sant. [1]
Homage is paid to the book and themes in the film Across the Universe, with Bono playing the role of Kesey. In The Muppet Movie, the Electric Mayhem travel in a brightly-painted bus similar to Furthur.
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