The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | |
 Cover of the first US Edition |
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| Author | Tom Wolfe |
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| Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| ISBN | 978-0553380644 |
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, he tells the story of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters as they drive across the country in a DayGlo painted school bus dubbed "Furthur," reaching what they considered to be personal and collective revelations through the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. It covers their cross country road trip, as well as the Acid Tests, early performances by The Grateful Dead, and Kesey's exile to Mexico.
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[edit] Mentioned in Acid Test
- 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
- 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
- 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 and will have a screenplay by Dustin Lance Black. [1]
Homage is paid to the book and themes in The Beatles scored film Across The Universe, the scene giving tribute has a cameo by U2's Bono, and is given the song 'I am the Walrus', the book is also given homage by the Muppet Puppet Comedy Troop's 'Electric Mayhem' rock band, who travel to their gigs in a painted mini-bus. The Muppet Animal is the drummer in this band.
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