Non-History Non Fiction
5 works · kept by Mine
pretty self explanatory
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test & The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
Two super journalistic near novels by Wolfe. The first follows a group of Hippies rampaging around the west in the late 60s, just as the wave was breaking. The second is about American test pilots competing for positions on the first space flights. They are both exciting, fun, serious works. Wolfe's style is masterful and completely unique and he is worth reading for those reasons alone, but his eye for character and superb, absurd situations are equally fantastic. I think the Right Stuff is better, but go with whichever topic is more interesting to you.
Might be one of the only cases where the TV series is better than the book. When the BBC was moving to colour in the 60s Mr Clarke was given a very long leash to make a series about western culture from the dark ages to the then present. If you're the type to watch youtube while eating, watch this. There is nothing else like it.