The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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Summary: far out man...
Review: Very interesting book. I had heard the stories before, now I finally can read about them. I am not a big fan of the sixties, but I think I have a better sense of what some if it was about after reading this book. It traces some of the events in Ken Kesey's and his follower's lives in the sixties. That was a weird and wild bunch, wish I could have been there to see them in person.

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Summary: A Modern Classic - really catches the feel of the time
Review: Wolfe's book gives you a taste of the whole sort of attitude of the trippy rebels of the 60's. You are truly immersed in the experience of what psychedelia and being "trippy" was all about. Not just the drugs and the political angst, but the whole playful, colorful, hopeful/idealistic journey. It IS about taking acid, and like they say - it's not an experience you know by hearing or reading about it, but this is as close as it gets...

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Summary: true trippin' late60's life in written revelation
Review: I read this book many years ago when I was a teenager, and think it is a book that everyone should read. Being one who is 'experienced', I can say to you this book is truthful about the world of 'trippin'.Read it and learn how to open your mind and explore your horzions.

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Summary: The Best Book I Ever Read
Review: Dealing with a subject many leave out when disccusing the counter-cultute of the 60's, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test is one of these best books I ever read. I first read it in high school after my father recomended it to me. It inspired me to learn more about Kesey and the Pranksters (I eventually meet them) and to read such other books as On The Road and One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest. I a very important part of my life.

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Summary: The Bus Is ALWAYS Full Of Bozos!!
Review: Wolfe's book, if read without the wonder lust of youth, is a very astute and slyly critical treatise on the whole 'On The Bus' geshtalt. If you've ever experienced LSD, I mean REAL LSD, you'll understand that the whole prankster trip was at it's core a very brutal Acid Test of one's personal strength of 'self'. Sandy's failure to fathom the mercilessness of the prankster social contruct is as inciteful an account as one can find to illustrate the point. Bob Weir of the Dead said in an interview about those times, that there was never alot of compassion around, you were free to Do Your Thing but you also had the full weight of taking ownership of ALL ramifications. There are wonderful and bang on descriptions of the LSD experiences, but this book is much more valuable as a guide to poke holes in the whole Peace, Love, FlowerPower mythology that surrounds much of the Acid Test saga.

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Summary: The world of todays yesturdays...
Review: Much was made of this when it first came to life, less so of course as time passed, as people grew old, forgetful, ignorant for their past. The choas, the magnitude is out there still - be still - be aware. Come to show your love. Live - at least for the duration of the life you have.

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read
Review: I just finished this book and all I can say is it blew me away. Its made mewant to drive to find Ken Kesey and follow him around. I just might do it. I feel I as I was "on the Bus" with the Merry Pranksters. I have never taken acid but after reading this I feel I have. I will now devour every reading on Kesey, Cassady, and the others.

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Summary: The Encapsulate of the Trippy Culture
Review: If you've ever experienced the alternative lifestyle, you'll revel in Tom Wolfe's account of the Merry Pranksters. Every page will make you see sounds and taste colors!

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Summary: The 'Acid Test' is a trip!
Review: Don't listen to that guy from New York who said that Wolfe uses "disgusting writing tricks." He reads the book but he doesn't feel it. Tom Wolfe's book is about LSD. His book is LSD. He describes LSD experiences greatly. This book made me feel like I was tripping.

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Summary: Tripoutfreaksuperbillyfloppin'dirtydancingstomp
Review: Tom Wolfe gets into your mind and makes you feel as if you're trippin'. Remarkable description, I couldn't find words to describe it. Maybe he best described it "Yes Yes Yes, Right Right Right"