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by Fricken 454 days ago
Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was a groundbreaking novel and wouldn't have been so if it weren't for LSD. Of Course, that was Kesey's first and only criticaly acclaimed novel and he has said later in life that too much acid screwed him up, I certainly wouldn't argue it's sustainable over a career. LSD also changed pop music in a pretty major way.
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A lot of people liked "Sometimes A Great Notion". I personally prefer it to "Cuckoo". It doesn't read like something written by someone whacked out on acid.