Writers on drugs...

bum-tak · Post by **bum-tak** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:15 pm

check aldous huxley's "doors of perception"!

someone mentioned e.t.a. hoffmann before, i especially recommend: "die elixiere des teufels" and "sandmann"

you also may be interested in alexander shulgin - he synthetisized over 300 psychoactive compounds and tested 'em all by himself

Alex M · Post by **Alex M** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:18 pm

bum-tak wrote: you also may be interested in alexander shulgin - he synthetisized over 300 psychoactive compounds and tested 'em all by himself

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whatever · Post by **whatever** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:21 pm

nice topic guys,

I'm recently very attracted to the japanese literature and especially ryu murakami. His books are very dark and extreme in describing drug and sexual experiences. On the last cover of his "Ecstasy" novel i found a very good quote to characterize Ryu's literature
"The novels of the Ryu Murakami are the japanese version of David Lynch nightmares"

I really recommend his books - all about a destroyed society pushing out the limits of modern vices.

The_Glass_Olive · Post by **The_Glass_Olive** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:49 pm

Timothy Leary - The Politics of Ecstasy
Aldous Huxley - Heaven and Hell/The Doors of Perception
Howard Marks - Mr Nice/Book of Dope Stories
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - poetry mostly written under the influence of opium
Jack Kerouac - On the Road

Alex M · Post by **Alex M** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:03 pm

After researching a bit on Dr. Shulgin I came up with this site with many books which might be of interest to some of u.

http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/shulgin ... store.html

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:19 pm

www.erowid.org is always a good read for me.

delayer · Post by **delayer** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:25 am

bum-tak wrote:
someone mentioned e.t.a. hoffmann before, i especially recommend: "die elixiere des teufels" and "sandmann"

hehe, my favourites from hoffmann, I' ve never thought someone would bring up Die elixiere or Sandmann on this forum. but again, it's not about drugs. :/

inesb · Post by **inesb** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:35 pm

moey wrote:How about Philip K. dck? .

agree on p. k. dck!
and from the newer generation of S-F cyberpunk, Neal Stephenson, "Snow Crash" and "The Diamond Age".

Very wierd but very possible.