Annotation: The novel, set in a near-future Earth dominated by advertising and television, describes the conflict between two groups of differing social philosophies: the Vikes, who advocate vicarious pleasure and indulge in heroin-like narcotics to escape from reality, and the Rees, or Realists, an austere Puritan movement hostile to all mind-altering substances. —————————————————————————————— Author: Dick, Philip K. Title: We can remember it for you wholesale Journal: _Fantasy and Science Fiction_, Vol. 30, No. 4, 3–16 Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc., New York Date: April 1966 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-controllers Annotation: A technique is developed by which, using a hypnotic drug called _narkidrine_, false memories can be implanted in a human brain. The memory-implant technique can be used to provide the vicarious illusion of pleasurable experience, but also—as the story unfolds—we see that it can be used for purposes of political intrigue. —————————————————————————————— Author: Dick, Philip K. Title: _The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch_ Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 278 pp. Date: 1965 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: An illegal hallucinogen, _Can-D_, allows Earth colonists on Mars, Venus, and other nearby worlds to stave off the crushing boredom of daily life by permitting them to enter a highly schematicized common fantasy world where they share in the adventures of two imaginary lovers who are larger-than-life Hollywood dream-figures. Complications ensue when a competitive reality-destroying drug, _Chew-Z_, is introduced surreptitiously by beings from another solar system. —————————————————————————————— Author: Dick, Philip K. Title: _Now Wait for Last Year_ Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 214 pp. Date: 1966 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: In the war-torn world of the 21st century, Americans escape from the horrors of their time by addictive use of _JJ-180_, a drug that allows the consciousness to detach from present time and return to earlier eras, or even to travel forward in time. The protagonist, initially attempting only to deal with his wife’s addiction to the time-travel drug, eventually becomes entangled in global politics and the progress of the interstellar war as he himself, under the influence of _JJ-180_, oscillates backward and forward in time. —————————————————————————————— Author: Harrison, Harry Title: _Make Room! Make Room!_ Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 213 pp. Date: 1966 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as euphorics