Drug Themes in Science Fiction
Robert Silverberg
Read by Ben Tucker
Science fiction is more often a reflection of existing societal trends than a prediction of trends to come. The upsurge in drug use is precisely mirrored by the upsurge in the use of such themes in science fiction. Science fiction is as much a guide to where we are as it is a vision of where we are going. A literature so popular with the young, commanding so intense and devoted a following, can be of significant value in revealing the patterns contemporary society is taking and will take in the years just ahead. - Summary by Robert Silverberg, from Introduction (1 hr 29 min)
Chapters
| Forward / Preface | 7:39 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| Overview of Drug Themes in Science Fiction | 19:00 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| Annotated Bibliography: Primitive Period, c. 1900-1935 | 7:20 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| Annotated Bibliography: Predictive Period, c. 1935-1965 | 22:30 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| Annotated Bibliography: Contemporary Period, c. 1965-1973 | 33:22 | Read by Ben Tucker |