Speeding into the Future: The Amphetamine-Fueled Generation

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Two years that changed pop culture forever — told by the people who lived them. Speeding into the Future is Book 2 of Catherine O’Sullivan Shorr’s Andy Warhol’s Factory People trilogy: a vivid oral history spanning 1965 to 1966, the pinnacle of Warhol’s creativity. Shorr lets the Factory people tell their own story in their own words — Warhol declaring Edie Sedgwick his muse, the Silver Factory fusing art, film, music, and celebrity.

Following the acclaimed first volume, this installment plunges deeper into the amphetamine-fueled scene: the films, the parties, the rivalries, the creative ferment. Told through firsthand accounts, it captures both the glamour and the darkness of life inside Warhol’s orbit. During this electric period, Warhol created the notion of the ‘It Girl’ by declaring debutante Edie Sedgwick his muse, and the Silver Factory became the center of a cultural explosion.

Essential for Warhol devotees, students of 1960s counterculture, and anyone fascinated by the birth of modern celebrity: history as it was lived — fast, loud, and unforgettable.

Speeding into the Future: The Amphetamine-Fueled Generation is Book 2 of Catherine O’Sullivan Shorr’s Andy Warhol’s Factory People trilogy — a vivid oral history of how Andy Warhol and his superstars revolutionized the art world and the very nature of fame.
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nSpanning 1965 to 1966 — two years that could be considered the pinnacle of Warhol’s creativity — Shorr lets the Factory people tell their own story in their own words. During this electric period, Warhol created the notion of the “It Girl” by declaring debutante Edie Sedgwick his muse, and the Silver Factory became the center of a cultural explosion that fused art, film, music, and celebrity.
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nFollowing the acclaimed first volume, this second installment plunges deeper into the amphetamine-fueled scene: the films, the parties, the rivalries, and the creative ferment that changed pop culture forever. Told through firsthand accounts, it captures both the glamour and the darkness of life inside Warhol’s orbit.
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nEssential for Warhol devotees, students of 1960s counterculture, and anyone fascinated by the birth of modern celebrity, Speeding into the Future is history as it was lived — fast, loud, and unforgettable.