—————————————————————————————— Author: Gunn, James Title: _The Joy Makers_ Publisher: Bantam Books, New York Pages: 160 pp. Date: 1961 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as euphorics Annotation: Under the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 2003, hedonism is the law of the land. The function of government, it has been decided, is “the preservation and promotion of the temporary happiness of its citizens.” Gloom is outlawed and happiness is mandatory. It is attained through mental disciplines, through mechanical regulation of the metabolism, and through the free use of drugs—notably mescaline, “neo-heroin,” various alkaloids, and certain futuristic euphorics. —————————————————————————————— Author: Huxley, Aldous Title: _Island_ Publisher: Harper & Row, New York Pages: 295 pp. Date: 1962 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: This Utopian novel, written thirty years after Huxley’s anti-drug _Brave New World_ and after his own experiments with LSD and mescaline, depicts another ideal commonwealth centering on the use of drugs: but in place of _Brave New World’s_ mind-deadening _soma_, the citizens of _Island_ use _moksha_, a hallucinogen very similar in effect to LSD, which induces mystical visions and intensifies religious experience. —————————————————————————————— Author: Burgess, Anthony Title: _A Clockwork Orange_ Publisher: W. W. Norton, New York Pages: 160 pp. Date: 1963 Format: Novel Descriptors: Drugs as mind-controllers; Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Alex is a juvenile delinquent of the near future, who routinely uses such drugs as _synthemesc_ or _drencrom_ that are sold in neighborhood “milk bars” for hallucinogenic boosts. After committing a particularly atrocious assault, Alex is arrested and sentenced to a kind of brainwash reconditioning. With the aid of drugs and hypnotherapy he is conditioned against violence and turned loose to become a useful citizen. —————————————————————————————— Author: Buck, Doris Pitkin Title: Come where my love lies dreaming Journal: _Fantasy and Science Fiction_, Vol. 26, No. 2, 113–126 Publisher: Mercury Press, New York Date: February 1964 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as panaceas Annotation: The quickest refuge from the horrors of life in 21st century Washington, D. C., is the use of _detenser_ pills. The latest brand is Protoceratops Tabs, which mentally transport the user to the Mesozoic Era and create the illusion that he or she is a dinosaur. The story, gently comic in tone, follows the adventures of a woman who takes the dinosaur trip and comes face-to-face not only with prehistoric beasts but with her own inner problems. —————————————————————————————— Author: Purdom, Tom