The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test canonical | 19 |
| Merry Pranksters bus trips | 1 |
| Tom Wolfe book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Context triple: [Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923, hasPart, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 surreal black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism novel about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas.
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Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a landmark 1969 counterculture road movie that helped launch the New Hollywood era with its low-budget, anti-establishment style and iconic performances by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson.
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Summer of Love
"Summer of Love" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2017 album "Songs of Experience," reflecting themes of conflict, hope, and resilience.
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Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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Wise Blood
Wise Blood is a darkly comic Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned war veteran who founds a bizarre anti-religious ministry in a decaying Southern town.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Target entity description: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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A.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 surreal black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism novel about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas.
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B.
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a landmark 1969 counterculture road movie that helped launch the New Hollywood era with its low-budget, anti-establishment style and iconic performances by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson.
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C.
Summer of Love
"Summer of Love" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2017 album "Songs of Experience," reflecting themes of conflict, hope, and resilience.
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D.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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E.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood is a darkly comic Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned war veteran who founds a bizarre anti-religious ministry in a decaying Southern town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Journalism work
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Tom Wolfe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| describesEvent | LSD-fueled bus trips across the United States ⓘ |
| describesObject |
Furthur (bus)
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linked to:
Furthur (Merry Pranksters bus)
|
| describesPerson | Neal Cassady ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Ken Kesey ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | Merry Pranksters ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
counterculture literature
ⓘ
journalism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later works on psychedelic culture
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non-fiction narratives about the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American underground culture
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communal living ⓘ experimentation with consciousness ⓘ use of psychedelic drugs ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community and identity
ⓘ
limits of freedom ⓘ rebellion against mainstream society ⓘ search for spiritual enlightenment ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of New Journalism
ⓘ
perception of 1960s counterculture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
1960s counterculture
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Ken Kesey ⓘ LSD ⓘ Merry Pranksters ⓘ psychedelic movement ⓘ road trip ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person journalism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of LSD culture
ⓘ
pioneering techniques of New Journalism ⓘ portrayal of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters ⓘ |
| partOf | American counterculture canon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Beat Generation literature ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| setInTimePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| style |
immersive reporting
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literary non-fiction ⓘ |
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subject linked to:
Thomas
linked to: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
subject linked to:
word "Furthur" painted on the destination sign
linked to: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test