books n drugs

I came across this interesting list in my secondary read yesterday. Imaginary drugs from literature, film and television. Check it out:

1. Soma - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
2. Moksha - Aldous Huxley, Island
3. Moloko Plus - Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
4. Can-D, Chew-Z - Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
5. D, Mex Hit - Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
6. Vurt - Jeff Noon, Vurt
7. Ecstacide, Faith Salts, Christendine, Buddhine, Algebrine, Authentium, Amnesol, Duetine, and many more - Stanislav Lem, The Futurological Congress
8. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash*
9. Kryptonite - Joe Shuster/Jerry Siegel, Superman
10. Magic Potion - Albert Underzo/Rene' Goscinny, Asterix the Gaul
11. Spice or Melange - Frank Herbert, Dune
12. Glitterstim, Carsunum, Ryll Spices - Star Wars literary universe
13. Number Twelve - Nick McDonell, Twelve
14. Space Honey - Futurama
15. Synthehol - Star Trek: The Next Generation
16. Chemical -Ray Loriga, Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore
17. Abulinix - Benjamin Kunkel, Indecision

I like how almost all of this list is science fiction. I can think of one they missed: Dylar - Don DeLillo, White Noise. While hyperlinking this post, I came across this list of fictional medicines and drugs. It's a much longer list which draws from a broader range of sources, including songs, cartoons and video games

*currently reading