Maison d'Ętre Beatnik CoffeehouseKen Kesey
[1935-2001]
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"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer,
you'll always be seeking . . . The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer."
— Ken Kesey (1994)
official Ken Kesey website
Ken Kesey entry at Wikipedia
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1962 novel]
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: A Play In Two Acts" [1963] by Dale Wasserman
Broadway stageplay credits [1963 & 2001] on IBDb •
stageplay entry at Wikipedia
Samuel French pb [6/70] for $10.89
"Sometimes A Great Notion"
[Universal 1971]
 | Co-produced & directed by and starring Paul Newman; also starring Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin & Richard Jaeckel Universal Vault Series widescreen color DVD-R [1/2011] for $17.99 Universal color VHS [2/2000] for $34.95 full credits from IMDb |
 | novel by Ken Kesey [1964]
Penguin pb [6/88] for $10.88 |
"Kesey's Garage Sale" [Viking 1972]
"Northwest Review Book" [orig 1977, reissued 2001]
"Demon Box" [Penguin 1986]
"Caverns" [Penguin 1990]
 | "The Further Inquiry: A Screenplay" [Viking 1990] by Ken Kesey, with photographs by Ron Bevirt The Merry Pranksters are on trial, and Neal Cassady rants in their defense. Viking pb [10/90] out of print/used Viking 9½x7¾ reviewer hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
"Sailor Song" [Viking/Penguin 1992]
"Last Go Round" with Ken Babbs [Viking 1994]
"Twister: A Play" [Viking 1999]
'Further': The Magic Bus
Merry Prankster History Project
'CyberBuss' website
Merry Pranksters fansite
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"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" [1967] by Tom Wolfe BDD 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.47 Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover [1967] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/92] out of stock/used NOTE 2008: A movie version of the book is announced, with Searchlight Pictures and director Gus Van Sant attached (latest info at IMDb) |
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"On The Bus: The Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters" [1989] by Ken Babbs & others Thunder's Mouth Press 9½x8½ pb [2/97] out of print/used Thunder's Mouth Press pb [12/89] out of print/used |
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"The Further Inquiry: A Screenplay" [Viking 1990] by Ken Kesey, with photographs by Ron Bevirt The Merry Pranksters are on trial, and Neal Cassady rants in their defense. Viking pb [10/90] out of print/used Viking 9½x7¾ reviewer hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey" [1993] by Douglas Brinkley A college professor takes a busload of students on an experimental class thru thirty states, visiting a Bob Dylan concert in Seattle, a Las Vegas casino, Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Harry Truman’s Independence [Missouri], and Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota badlands – with unplanned experiences including a California earthquake, and meetings with Wm. S. Burroughs and Ken Kesey, who took them for a spin in his own psychedelic bus, Further. Thunder's Mouth Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $11.53 Harcourt 9¾x7½ hardcover [3/93] out of print/many, many used |
"Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place"
[A&E / Magnolia Aug 2011]
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Described as 'archival cinema verité', a documentary film made from Ken Kesey & Neal Cassady's mostly-silent footage of their 1964 road trips (and acid trips) in The Magic Bus 'Further', with Sixties-era commentary.
Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney & Alison Ellwood; featuzing Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, The Grateful Dead Band {then The Warlocks}, and the Merry Pranksters
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
Works About Ken Kesey
 | "Rubber Tramps: A Documentary About Life On The Road" [indep 2002] A late-life interview of Ken Kesey is the frame for interviews with 'tramps' in America living life On The Road in their campers and cars. Directed by Max Koetter Just Passing Through Prodns color DVD [6/2005] for $17.95 full credits at IMDb |
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"Go Further" [indep Nov 2004]
Actor Woody Harrelson & friends take a ride in a biodiesel-powered bus down the Pacific Coast from Seattle to Santa Barbara, meeting with locals to promote alternative fuels and meeting with cultural icon author Ken Kesey at his ranch in Northern California. Co-produced & directed by Ron Mann; written by Solomon Vesta; featuring Woody Harrelson & Ken Kesey Homevision widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $16.99 full credits at IMDb |
Links
official Ken Kesey website
Ken Kesey catalog at Amazon.com
Ken Kesey credits at Internet Movie Database
Ken Kesey entry at Wikipedia
Ken Kesey bibliography at LitKicks
Intrepid Trips
Ken Kesey page at University of Virginia
CP's Ken Kesey fansite
Australia & Britain Tours Ken Kesey fansite
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