Date: 1971 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Protagonists in future civilization make use of _Sky_, a drug derived from an amanita mushroom. Stated powers of this drug are to provide sensations of mastery and union-with-cosmos, especially during parachute drops. Protagonists attain successively more ecstatic states in series of _Sky_-enhanced parachute drops, until, seeking the perfect high, they deliberately fail to use their parachutes on one _Sky_ trip and, after a descent marked by moments of stunning ecstasy, perish as they hit the ground. —————————————————————————————— Author: Panshin, Alexei Title: How can we sink when we can fly? In: _Four Futures_, a science-fiction anthology Publisher: Hawthorn Books, New York Pages: 94–130 Date: 1971 Format: Short novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: At some period in the future a drug called _tempus_ is developed which enables people to travel backward in time, literally or perhaps in mind alone. Young people are required to take _tempus_ journeys as part of the educational process. Story takes place in contemporary United States, c. 1970, and analyzes current problems by confronting the protagonist with a _tempus_-using visitor from the future. —————————————————————————————— Author: Sheckley, Robert Title: Down the digestive tract In: _Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?_ (By Robert Silverberg) Publisher: Doubleday and Co., New York Pages: 145–147 Date: 1971 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as reality-testers Annotation: An underground chemist gives a friend a mixture of hallucinogenic drugs guaranteed to send him into a true trip. Friend waits impatiently for the hallucinations to hit. Chemist and friend are actually not human but alien insecto-reptilian creatures, and it turns out that the hallucination the friend has is that of being a human being in our contemporary world. —————————————————————————————— Author: Silverberg, Robert Title: _Downward to the Earth_ Publisher: New American Library, New York Pages: 176 pp. Date: 1971 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders