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In the days when Tom Wolfe was the chief representative of the 'new journalism' that had been so
successfully applied by Rolling Stone, this was the book that made his name. And what a goody it
is. The tale of Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs and the Further-On bus, it features some of the great names
of the hippy culture. Fantastic biographical stuff about Owsley and his acid lab. Wonderfully written.
A great read and a 'must have' for every hip library. Highly recommended.
This is a great book. A really good read and packed full of well researched material. Enriched
by Miles' own reminiscences of the great man, it was a joy to read. Of all the unholy trinity,
Ginsberg is, perhaps, the one we owe most to. One of the very first legalise pot protesters, he
was very influential in ending the Vietnam conflict when he organised a well supported protest
designed to levitate the Pentagon. Highly recommended.
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Neal Cassady was, of course, the model for Dean Moriarty, the fictional hero of Kerouac's master-
piece. But he was much more interesting than that and far more influential. This a book packed
full of personal memories of some of the main characters in the counterculture drama. Lots of
new (to me, anyway) information about the man with his hands full. Interesting stuff about Edgar
Cayce and Ken Kesey. A good read.
Although I have not read this, I am recommending on the basis of the Miles book I have
read -- the Ginsberg biog. As manager of the London's hip Indica bookshop (it was at the
Indica Gallery -- the bit of the Indica mini-empire for people who couldn't read -- that John
met Yoko), Miles was right at the heart of the scene. But he was in London. Nonetheless,
he is an excellent researcher who puts his material together with care.
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We picked up this little gem in a remaindered bin in the Charing Cross Road for tuppence; and a
great buy it turned out to be. Consisting of reminiscences from a lot of people you've never heard
of who lived in the Notting Hill area of London in 1967 it is evocative of the times but is probably of
more interest to us than anyone as that's where we lived at the time and we knew some of the
people interviewed. Has some great stories about Germaine Greer and quotes from Hoppy.
This is a book that that owes much to 'The Holy Blood & the Holy Grail'. But mainly for creating
the interest in the subject. For this contains much that extends and explains the hypotheses
put forward by its pro-genitor. Indeed, it is the book that finally explained the myth of Simon the
Magus and unscrambled a number of other confusions mainly created by the Vatican. Lots of
interesting stuff about the Essenes and John the Baptist. Unfortunately, it is out of print at the
mo but we include it here because it is in Amazon's catalogue and will, therefore, presumably
be back.
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