Annotation: A man of the twentieth century is thrust forward in time to the world of the unimaginably distant future. As he explores the civilization he finds himself among, he learns that the people of the era habitually chew _samra_, a hallucinogenic drug, and a woman he meets takes him on a _samra_ trip. It is a soaring visionary experience in which he perceives the birth and death of the solar system. —————————————————————————————— Author: Spinrad, Norman Title: Carcinoma angels In: _Dangerous Visions_ (Edited by Harlan Ellison) Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 489–497 Date: 1967 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Protagonist suffering from terminal cancer seeks remission of disease. With the aid of massive doses of various hallucinogenic agents he reaches an ostensible mental state in which he is capable of entering his own body to do psychic battle with the cancer cells. In series of metaphorical contests he destroys the invaders, but is unable to return to real-world consciousness and is remanded to mental institution, trapped within his own body. —————————————————————————————— Author: Wilson, Colin Title: _The Mind Parasites_ Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin Pages: 222 pp. Date: 1967 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: A research project involving heavy doses of mescaline and LSD leads to perceptions revealing the existence of invisible “mind parasites,” alien invaders who have long controlled and influenced human life. With the aid of the drug, experimenters unleash mental powers with which to combat the invaders. —————————————————————————————— Author: Disch, Thomas Title: _Camp Concentration_ Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 184 pp. Date: 1968 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as intelligence-enhancers Annotation: The novel is the journal of a U.S. political prisoner of the near future who is assigned to observe and record the progress of an experiment in which volunteer prisoners at a secret internment camp are treated with _Pallidine_, an intelligence-enhancing drug derived from the organism that causes syphilis. In the course of nine months the drug turns the prisoners into supermen of extraordinary mental capacity while destroying their bodies with disease. —————————————————————————————— Author: Herbert, Frank Title: _The Santaroga Barrier_ Publisher: Berkley Books, New York Pages: 255 pp. Date: 1968 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders