Category Archives: Books

Literature inspire or impaired by drugs

I wrote a novel

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Caspar

I wrote a novel. There are some drugs in it but not so many. More probably went into making it. The original idea came to me as a result of taking mushrooms and a lot of caffeine was involved in … Continue reading →

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Eight Kindes of Drunkennes & 210 pissonyms.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Caspar

A rather nice classification of 8 types of drunkeness from the 1592 is currently stumbling through cyberspace. Eight Kinds of Drunkennes was compiled by Thomas Nashe and they’re all stereotypes that we would recognise today. (I’m usually a Martin drunk ) THE … Continue reading →

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My Lady Nicotine, by J. M. Barrie.

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Caspar

Perhaps, like me you thought Alan Carr had written the book on smoking. But before there was  The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, there was My Lady Nicotine by JM Barrie. Written 14 years before Peter Pan, it was a novel of … Continue reading →

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Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “No” to Drugs

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Caspar

From the what were they smoking department we bring you.. Not only is this a real book.. If you can call a 29 page pamphlet a book, but this book has  its own wikipedia page! “Hardly a best seller at the … Continue reading →

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“Mad Artist” Roger Keen on Reality Hunger and other drug memoirs

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Caspar

Roger Keen describes himself as a mad artist..  (Actually, The Mad Artist). Well not so much anymore, today he has a successful career in TV and journalism. But he’s written a memoir of his more crazy days as drug munching … Continue reading →

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Game Quote #001 – David Sudnow, Break Out the wailing synapses

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Caspar

Pilgrim in the Microworld, written in 1983, was the first ever book length account of video game ‘addiction’.  It  is rather interesting. It is an account of an obsession, addiction and ulitmate mastery of the game of Breakout. The classic … Continue reading →

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Fixing altered realities with alternate reality games

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Caspar

I’ve started reading “Reality is Broken” by game designer, Jane McGonigal. Her thesis is that daily life and modern society isn’t making us happy. But that video games and virtual worlds can and do. Therefore we should ask game designers … Continue reading →

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Drug Quote #010 – Kathryn Schulz – Being Wrong – Altered states are sick!

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Caspar

What is so wrong with being wrong? Well, far less than you think. At least, that is what Kathryn Schulz argues in her new book Being Wrong. In fact, she goes further and claims being wrong is an inescapable and essential … Continue reading →

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Book Review #001 – Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Caspar

It’s about time we started reviewing a few interesting books about our brains on drugs. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have time to review any ourselves and it’s a slow process to recruit willing contributors (volunteers, drop me a line). So … Continue reading →

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Drug Quote #007: Ian Fleming

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Caspar

James Bond on hangovers: “Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again!” Ian Fleming, Moonraker, 1955 Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the … Continue reading →

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