More San Fran '60s: San Francisco and the Birth of the Hippies (San Fran '60s:San Francisco and the Birth of the Hippies Book 2) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"More SF '60s" San Francisco in the Sixties, theSummer of Love, the birth of the hippies, experience it for yourself in "MoreSan Fran '60s," a collection of autobiographical short stories and acontinuation of "San Fran '60s." San Francisco in the Sixties was the epicenterof the biggest cultural transformation of the second half of the TwentiethCentury, and of course it has had its memoirs and histories, but this is theonly time a participant has used the devices of literary fiction to put youthere, living it.Like "San Fran '60s," "More San Fran'60s" is darker, edgier, and more intimate than anything on the subject before.In addition to the requisite sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, there is murder,madness, and God. One of the murders officially ends the Summer of Love. Jim Morrisonmakes an appearance, as do William Burroughs and Janis Joplin in the "San Fran '60s."LSD and free love, Haight-Ashbury and the Hell's Angels, the Hip and theStraight, it's all in these stories.And it all really happened. Thestories are based on my journals and experiences and there is less inventionthan in most memoirs. I have lived in and around San Francisco since 1965 andpresent myself, friends, and acquaintances as prime specimens. In the Sixtiesand Seventies, I was a free lance journalist, among other things.             Among the stories in "More San Fran '60s,"there is "Long Hair," in which a groupie, who is also a PhD candidate, is inlove with a guy she finds repulsive because his hair isn't long enough. In "TheFantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival," it's the first ever hipoutdoor rock concert, headlined by the Doors, and the chick he didn't dare evenfantasize about has chosen him. Or has she? In "There Is Only One Misfortune"two men, a brilliant mystic, who is also a successful businessman, and a hippieintellectual, try to reach an ultimate understanding of the universe in asingle, brutal eight hour debate. "The Neocon" is a character study spanningfour decades from the Sixties in San Francisco through atrocity-ravagedGuatemala to Washington today.The stories range in tone from comicto harrowing to lyrical. All are interconnected but each is self-contained sothey can be read in any order. These collections could be thought of as afractured novel in which even the narrative structure expresses that era. Now read the stories and experienceit for yourself.