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11/09/2001 Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey in critical condition Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey in critical condition BY JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Writer Ken Kesey, the author of the best-selling novel ``One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' and a pioneer of the psychedelic 1960s, was in critical condition at a Eugene hospital Friday, recovering from surgery for a tumor on his liver. Kesey, 66, was operated on several weeks ago to remove a tumor found on his liver following complaints of abdominal pain, said longtime friend Ken Babbs. ``He's holding his own, but it looks like it will be a long hard struggle,'' said Babbs. Kesey was in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center, said Diane Mattoon, a hospital spokeswoman. Kesey and Babbs were members of Wallace Stegner's famous writing seminar at Stanford University, and he burst onto the literary scene with ``Cuckoo's Nest'' in 1962, which he wrote from his experiences working at a veterans hospital. During the same period, Kesey volunteered for testing on the drug LSD. After writing his second novel, ``Sometimes a Great Notion,'' he bought an old school bus dubbed ``Further.'' With Neal Cassidy, hero of Jack Kerouac's beat generation classic ``On the Road,'' at the wheel and pitchers of LSD-laced Kool-Aid in the cooler, Kesey and a band of friends who called themselves The Merry Pranksters took a trip across America to the New York World's Fair. It would be 28 years before Kesey published his third major novel, ``Sailor Song'' in 1992, and he later said he lost interest in the novel as an art form after discovering the magic of the bus. The bus ride was immortalized in Tom Wolfe's 1968 account, ``The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,'' and Kesey and Babbs finished the first installment of their own video series, based on home movies and tapes, last year. The movie version of ``Cuckoo's Nest'' swept the 1974 Academy Awards for best picture, best director, best actor and best actress. But Kesey, who has never seen the film, sued the producers because it took the viewpoint away from the character of the schizophrenic American Indian, Chief Bromden. Kesey, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1992, set down roots in Pleasant Hill in the mid-60s, after serving four months in jail for a marijuana bust in California. His rambling red barn-house has become a landmark of the psychedelic era, attracting visits from myriad strangers in tie-dyed clothing seeking enlightenment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright � 2001 The Register-Guard <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
