The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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gptkb:documentary
gptkb:film |
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gptkb:documentary
gptkb:film |
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gptkb:Tom_Wolfe
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ebook
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gptkb:none
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gptkb:interviews
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positive
generally positive |
| gptkbp:cultural_significance |
reflection of social change
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Acid tests
the culture of the 1960s the use of LSD |
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the nature of reality
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gptkb:Neal_Cassady
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LSD
experiences of the Merry Pranksters |
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gptkb:The_Kandy-Kolored_Tangerine-Flake_Streamline_Baby
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gptkb:non-fiction
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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gptkb:counterculture_movement
American literature cultural history |
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gptkb:New_Journalism
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gptkb:Beat_Generation
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978-0-312-42780-0
978-0-312-42780-2 |
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English
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| gptkbp:narrative_style |
journalistic
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gptkb:Merry_Pranksters
gptkb:Ken_Kesey |
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gptkb:Tom_Wolfe
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English
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| gptkbp:page_count |
gptkb:368
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gptkb:Radical_Chic_&_Mau-Mauing_the_Flak_Catchers
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gptkb:1968
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| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux
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| gptkbp:setting |
1960s America
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reportage
new journalism |
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gptkb:The_Merry_Pranksters
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gptkb:I_Am_the_Walrus
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