Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal William J. Craddock 1968 Doubleday A novel set in San Jose in the late 60s. Includes a chapter 'Morgan's Acid Test' based on one of the acid test which includes some references to the Grateful Dead. See more information about the book

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Brokedown Palace Steven Brust 1986 Ace Fantasy A fantasy novel named after the Grateful Dead song and dedicated to the individual member of the group in 1986. See more information about the book

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Dead Tour Alan N. Izumi 1988 Relix Foreword by Robert Hunter A crime novel set on a Grateful Dead East Coast tour. See more information about the book

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Orbital Decay Allen Steele 1989 Ace A science fiction novel that features a group of deadhead space construction workers. One chapter is titled "The Wheel" and the book is partly dedicated to the Grateful Dead. See more information about the book

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Rude Astronauts Allen Steele 1992 Old Earth Books This collection of stories includes Allen Steele's first published short story Live From The Mars Hotel. See more information about the book

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The Millennium Shows Philip E. Baruth 1994 Albion Books A novel about a deadhead, set in the Grateful Dead subculture. See more information about the book

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Polaroids From The Dead Douglas Coupland 1996 Harper Collins The first part of this book of short fiction and non-fiction is a collection of pieces about deadheads and Dead shows. See more information about the book

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Get Outta Town: A Tale of the Dead, the IRS, and Coffee Ted Ringer 1997 Acid Test A novel set around a road trip to a Grateful Dead show in Eugene. See more information about the book

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Tales Of Tour Alex Kolker 2000 Sinister Dexter Press A collection of six stories about deadheads. See more information about the book

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After Lucy: A Novel Daniel Jones 2000 William Morrow A novel that is partly set in a community set up by Deadheads. See more information about the book

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Tiger In A Trance Max Ludington 2003 Doubleday Part rock novel, part coming of age novel, set to the backdrop of a 1985 Grateful Dead tour. See more information about the book

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Dancing Within The Song Shawn M. Davis 2004 PublishAmerica A coming-of-age novel set in Southern Oregon and in the world of the Grateful Dead. See more information about the book

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Slipknot Gary McKinney 2007 Kearney Street Books A mystery novel set in the backwoods of the Northwest in which the main protagonist is Gavin Pruitt, Willapa County Sheriff and Deadhead. See more information about the book

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The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling Mitch Myers 2008 Harper This collection of stories and essays includes "Back To The Fillmore" a tale about a Grateful Dead fan in 2069 who travels back in time to 1969 to see the Dead at the Fillmore. See more information about the book

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The Storyteller Speaks: Rare & Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead Editor: Gary McKinney & Robert G. Weiner 2010 Kearney Street Books A collection of fictions. Includes pieces by: Robert Hunter, Ed McClanahan, Philip Baruth, George Walker, Vincent Louis Carrella, Stephen Graham Jones, Mitch Myers, Rebecca Adams, Philip Heldrich, Scott MacFarlane, Ted Ringer, Nicholas Meriwether, Alex Kolker, Matthew C. Armstrong, Melinda Belleville, Eddie Cain, Clayton Chandler, Bob Franzosa, Tom Gonzales, Mary Goodenough, Heather Jackson, T.J. Weed, and Gary Shank. See more information about the book

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U.S. Blues Ed Watts 2011 CreateSpace A crime novel set in the Deadhead subculture of the mid 1980's. See more information about the book

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Darkness Bids The Dead Goodbye Gary McKinney 2011 Kearney Street Books The second in the mystery series featuring Sheriff Gavin Pruitt, Deadhead. Darkness Bids the Dead Goodbye picks up several months after the events in Slipknot. See more information about the book

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Scarlet Begonias Stephanie Geman-Marcotte 2012 CreateSpace A fantasy / sci-fi novel partly set at a Grateful Dead show. See more information about the book

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The Zen Man Colleen Collins 2012 A mystery novel featuring a deadhead investigator. See more information about the book

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Timbers Of Fennario: Stories Inspired By The Music Of The Grateful Dead Joseph Williams 2013 Post Mortem Press A collection of 18 short stories, each one an interpretation of a Grateful Dead song. See more information about the book

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Fellow Traveler James D. McCallister 2013 Muddy Ford Press A rock & roll fable. See more information about the book

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Random Notes from a Specific Deadhead Terry Shaffer 2013 Outskirts Press A novel featuring set in the world of Pennsylvanian politics featuring a deadhead protagonist, Garcia Hunter. See more information about the book

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If I Knew the Way, I Would Take You Home Dave Housley 2015 Dzanc Books A short story collection that includes the story The Jerry Garcia Finger. See more information about the book

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Might As Well Dean Budnick 2016 Rare Bird Books A novel set inside and outside of Meadowlands during a Grateful Dead show in the late 1980's. See more information about the book

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This Darkness Got to Give Dave Housley 2019 Pandamoon Publishing A vampire novel set on tour with the Grateful Dead in 1995. See more information about the book

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Friend of the Devil The Bill Walton Mysteries James Kirkland 2019 Meathouse Publishing A "psychedelic mystery" featuring Bill Walton. See more information about the book

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Fiction: San Francisco in the sixties

Tiger In Haight-Ashbury Kenneth R. Brown 1967 Caravelle A "hippie exploitation" novel set in Haight-Ashbury. See more information about the book

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Flower Power Ernest Tidyman 1968 Paperback Library Another "hippie exploitation" novel set in Haight-Ashbury. See more information about the book

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Divine Right's Trip: A Folk-tale Gurney Norman 1971 Last Whole Earth Catalog A revised edition was published as Divine Right's Trip: A Novel Of The Counterculture by Gnomon Press in 1990. A novel that follows the journey of West Coast hippies to East Kentucky. See more information about the book

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Summer Of Love Lisa Mason 1994 Spectra A novel in which the main protagonist travels back in time from the 25th century to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of 1967. See more information about the book

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The Other Side Of Haight James Fadiman 2000 Celestial Arts A novel set in the Haight-Ashbury during the 'summer of love'. See more information about the book

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Messenger from the Summer of Love David Rey Echt 2001 Robert D. Reed Publishers A novel that follows a search for spiritual enlightenment during a journey from Topanga Canyon to San Francisco during the 'summer of love'. See more information about the book

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The Psychedelic Symphony: An Historical Novel 1968 James Marinovich 2002 AuthorHouse A novel set in the Summer of 1968. See more information about the book

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A Sleuth in the Summer of Love A Gwen Harris Mystery Carol Anita Sheldon 2018 Houghton A crime novel set in the Summer of 1967. See more information about the book

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Vanishing in the Haight A Colleen Hayes Mystery Max Tomlinson 2019 Oceanview Publishing A crime novel set in 1978 but investigating a case from 1967. See more information about the book

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