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Drug References in Science Fiction

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Drugs are among the important products of technology, and science fiction has been propelled by technological chnage. Drugs were important references in the New Wave science fiction of the 1960s. Writers like Norman Spinrad who were interested in opening the doors to perception in the 1950s and 1960s, at least in their novels, described the use of both existing drugs and invented many fictional drugs. However invented drugs have been a prt of science fiction from the beginning. In H.G. Wells's story, "The New Accelerator," the narrator's neighbor, Professor Gibberne, invents a new drug to accelerate human activity. The narrator and the inventor then have predictable adventures and the Professor decides to market his potion.

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[edit] Drug References

[edit] Cannabis references

[edit] LSD references

[edit] Mescaline and Peyote references

[edit] Opiate references

[edit] Dilaudin references

  • Thomas M. Disch's 334

[edit] Cocaine references

[edit] Amphetimine and Methamphetamine references

[edit] Fictional drug references

[edit] Other fictional drugs


[edit] Background

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