Annotation: Scene is London, 1980’s: a time of chaos with World War III imminent. Chemists discover drug called _VC_—_viral coefficient_—which has the property of greatly intensifying sensory perception and amplifying intelligence and memory. Drug has ability to multiply in proper environment like living organism. When an unemployed teacher who has had an experimental dose of _VC_ donates blood to central bloodbank, he unwittingly spreads _VC_ widely to the world at large, causing an epidemic of sanity in which world leaders, now greatly more intelligent, take steps to abolish warfare and establish an ideally rational society. —————————————————————————————— Author: Dickson, Gordon R. Title: _The R-Master_ Publisher: Lippincott, Philadelphia Pages: 216 pp. Date: 1973 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: In the middle of the 21st century an intelligence-enhancing drug called _Reninase-47_ has come into wide use. Though normally it simply stimulates the thought process, _R-47_ occasionally does massive damage to the mind, and in a few cases creates a supergenius, an _R-master_. Protagonist’s brother takes _R-47_ and suffers brain damage. In order to help him, protagonist also takes the drug and unexpectedly emerges from treatment as an _R-master_, a member of an extraordinary elite group, and from another _R-master_ he learns of the need for a vast reorganization of governmental policies. He becomes a revolutionary leader and works toward a transformation of society. —————————————————————————————— Author: Free, Colin Title: _The Soft Kill_ Publisher: Berkley Books, New York Pages: 159 pp. Date: 1973 Format: Novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-controllers Annotation: Protagonist is a scientist stationed aboard an orbiting research station of the far future. Needing a holiday, he is transferred to a place called HighTown—an overpopulated city where a totalitarian government maintains control by dosing the citizens with a variety of tranquilizing and euphoric drugs. Novel explores the effect of government-by-chemistry. —————————————————————————————— Author: Pumilia, Joseph F. Title: As dreams are made on Journal: _Fantastic Science Fiction_, Vol. 22, No. 3, 18–29 Publisher: Ultimate Publishing Co., New York Date: 1973 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders