Annotation: An outsider penetrates a remote California valley inhabited by reclusive farmers who discourage all contact with strangers. He discovers that they have built a society based on consumption of _Jaspers_—a psychedelic drug going far beyond acid in its effects, fostering a sense of community through its ability to allow takers to perceive the ultimate relationships linking all aspects of the universe. He is drawn into the valley society and becomes part of it. —————————————————————————————— Author: Moorcock, Michael Title: _The Final Programme_ Publisher: Avon Books, New York Pages: 191 pp. Date: 1968 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Satiric comic novel of near future, in which hallucinogenic drugs are used in a variety of ways—as, for example, _LSD gas_, employed as a protective device and discharged to muddle the minds of burglars breaking into a mansion. More conventional use of drugs (i.e., as euphorics and hallucinogens) is common in the book. —————————————————————————————— Author: Silverberg, Robert Title: How it was when the past went away In: _Earth’s Other Shadow_ (By Robert Silverberg) Publisher: New American Library, New York Pages: 66–127 Date: 1973 (First Issue 1969) Format: Short novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-injurers Annotation: One day in 2003 an unknown malcontent dumps an amnesia-producing drug into the water system of San Francisco. Within a few hours virtually everyone in the city has lost his memory, and the effects of the memory drug linger for several days, causing great complications. Story follows the reactions of several characters to the varied effects of sudden amnesia. As story ends things are returning to normal for most people, but one unstable individual has obtained a supply of the drug and is preaching its use in a new cult of oblivion. —————————————————————————————— Author: Spinrad, Norman Title: _Bug Jack Barron_ Publisher: Walker Books, New York Pages: 327 pp. Date: 1969 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: In the closing years of the 20th century the work of a foundation for life-extension research becomes the center of fierce political controversy. The tensions growing out of the search for immortality are depicted against the background of a near-future world in which marijuana and the psychedelic drugs are legal and widely consumed. —————————————————————————————— Author: Aldiss, Brian W. Title: _Barefoot in the Head_ Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York Pages: 281 pp. Date: 1970 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-injurers