Annotation: The venom of a serpent found on an alien planet that has been colonized by Earthmen proves to have medicinal value, serving as a catalyst in limb-regeneration work; but when used in a different dosage it has psychological effects, evoking in Earthmen the illusion that they have been transformed into the elephant-like intelligent species that is the dominant native life-form of the planet. Illicit use of the drug for this purpose is common among the Earthmen stationed there. Protagonist, expiating old guilts, goes among the elephant-beings and eventually is admitted into ecstatic communion with them through use of the drug. —————————————————————————————— Author: Silverberg, Robert Title: _A Time of Changes_ Publisher: New American Library, New York Pages: 220 pp. Date: 1971 Format: Novel Descriptors: Drugs as mind-expanders, drugs as a means of communication Annotation: Scene is a planet of the future dominated by stern culture that makes a fetish of privacy and personal reticence. Narrator obtains from a “primitive” culture on another continent a drug which attacks the basics of his native culture by making possible direct telepathic contact between minds. He attempts to found a subculture of love and openness based on use of the drug, but, although he is a prince of the realm, he is proscribed and hunted down. —————————————————————————————— Author: Silverberg, Robert Title: _The World Inside_ Publisher: Doubleday and Co., New York Pages: 201 pp. Date: 1971 Format: Novel Descriptors: Drugs as mind-expanders, drugs as a means of communication Annotation: In world of 24th century, most of mankind lives in thousand-story apartment buildings each of which has a population of more than 800,000. Chapter three of the novel follows the adventures of a musician who, after performing at a concert, drugs himself with a _multiplexer_, a mind-expanding drug that temporarily induces a telepathic contact simultaneously with all 800,000 residents of his building, so that he perceives their lives and thoughts in one vast intricate construct. —————————————————————————————— Author: Davis, Grania Title: My head’s in a different place now In: _Universe Two_, (Edited by Terry Carr) Publisher: Ace Books, New York Pages: 151–172 Date: 1972 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders