📘 EBook Overview

Title: Drug Themes in Science Fiction
Author: Robert Silverberg (b. 1935)
Introduction by: Dan J. Lettieri
Illustrator: William Blake (1757–1827)
Original Publication: Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1974
Series Title: Research Issues, No. 9
Credits: Tim Lindell, Quentin Campbell, Thiers Halliwell (cover restoration), North Dakota State University, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at pgdp.net — from images provided by the HathiTrust Digital Library
Language: English
Reading Level: Academic / Reference

🧠 Classification & Topics

LoC Class: Z — Bibliography, Library Science
Subjects:

• Science fiction, American — Bibliography

• Science fiction, English — Bibliography

• Drugs in literature — Bibliography

Category: Academic / Literary Studies / Bibliography
EBook No.: 77131
Release Date: October 26, 2025

🧩 About the Book

Originally published by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Themes in Science Fiction explores how 20th-century authors depicted mind-altering substances, altered consciousness, and social control through speculative fiction. It includes references to hundreds of works and authors, bridging literature and cultural research in a unique, government-issued bibliography.

💡 Marketing & Educational Use

• Ideal for students of literature, sociology, or drug policy.

• Use in classroom research, bibliographic training, or sci-fi literature courses.

• Add to a “Science Fiction Studies” collection alongside other academic analyses of the genre.