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“Read this book before they discovered LSD and really enjoyed it. Read it again after they discovered LSD and understood it.”
“the greatest saga among the post war fiction.....”
“Redolent of mythic Hippy figures that astound the informed. From "On the Road" Neal Cassady ("swing that hammer" says Grace) to Acid Owsley and the infamous Acid Tests themselves. These were the heroes of the second summer of love and the New Age travellers learnt a lot fom the Merry Pranksters. If only there'd been someone not out of their head during the late 80's/90's but that's just not possible.It's a guide book in much the same way as Leary's interpretation of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" was, except that it doesn't cover one trip but the whole movement (or at least how to start one).”
“Used this book to explain to my kids when taking drugs once looked like a good idea.”
“This book isn't good because it has to do with famous "hippies" (actually, proto-hippies, the pranksters, who were between the Beats and the hippies) or a famous & overhyped time in American history... it is good because Wolfe discovers something in the Pranksters and blows our minds by showing them blowing their own. This isn't a history of the hippies, or even of the pranksters... if you want that go read something else. This is a book that can stand on its own two feet. In fact, its feet are much sturdier than the trembling hooves of the beaten horse of "the 60's." ”
