Title: Greenplace Journal: _Fantasy and Science Fiction_, Vol. 27, No. 5, 5–16 Publisher: Mercury Press, New York Date: November 1964 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as intelligence enhancers Annotation: Protagonist is a psychologist doing political field-testing on behalf of a Congressman running for re-election c. 1980. As he prepares to enter a suburban district controlled by his candidate’s powerful opponent, he doses himself with _MST_, a newly invented psychic energizer that “multiplied the powers of observation and the rate and quality of thought by a factor somewhere between three and seven.” Under the influence of _MST_ he is able to detect the frightening psychological techniques by which the suburb is held in control. —————————————————————————————— Author: McCombs, Larry and White, Ted Title: The peacock king Journal: _Fantasy and Science Fiction_, Vol. 29, No. 5, 23–36 Publisher: Mercury Press, New York Date: November 1965 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: The United States is planning its first expedition into interstellar space, using a radical space-drive that permits faster-than-light travel. Preliminary experiments have shown that a faster-than-light trip will have grave psychological impact on the crew, and therefore LSD is used as part of the training discipline for the crew (a man and a woman). Through acid experiences they make themselves capable of handling the interstellar jump through hyperspace. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1965–Present) Author: Guin, Wyman Title: Beyond bedlam In: _Living Way Out_ Publisher: Avon Books, New York Pages: 155–208 Date: 1967 (1951 First Issue) Format: Short novel Descriptor: Drugs as panaceas Annotation: During the late 20th century drugs were developed to aid schizophrenics by permitting their warring inner personalities to live side by side, controlling the body alternately. By the following century the element of schizophrenia is recognized in all persons and it becomes mandatory to use the drugs, giving everyone a prime ego and an alternate ego, in fact separate persons, who undergo drug-induced shifts of dominance every five days. The author explores the concept of ego-shift by following the fortunes of a number of protagonists whose doubled personalities engage in complex interactions. —————————————————————————————— Author: Collins, Hunt (Pseud. of Evan Hunter) Title: _Tomorrow and Tomorrow_ Publisher: Pyramid Books, New York Pages: 190 pp. Date: 1956 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as reality-testers