Posted by Ritch on May 26, 2003, at 16:40:24
In reply to Re: Burroughs suprise, posted by noa on May 25, 2003, at 20:15:19
> >>> Kesey is one of the best writers I have ever read.
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> Yep. Too bad he burnt out so young.
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> Did you ever read Tom Wolfe's book about Kesey and his LSD gang-- "The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test"?
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> I had read it decades ago, but last year, I took out the audiotape version from the library and listened to it on some road trips. Only my road trip was sober, in a four door sedan, not a psychedelic prankster bus!!
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> I remember thinking, as I listened to the tale unfold, that Kesey must have been bipolar.
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Oh yes! The first Tom Wolfe book I read was "The Right Stuff" (which I liked a bunch), and then wanted to read some more of his work. That's when I read "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". Wow, that is a pure adjective treasure! Later, I read "Bonfire of the Vanities", which was great too. I read a magazine interview with Wolfe a long time ago, and he had a radiator (for heating) in his office that looked like a sheep. That cracked me up.
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