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ADD - What are you reading?

Runera46

Runera46

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Need some Amazon ideas so enlighten us all on what you are reading and perhaps a small brief.

Ah I have just finished ‘Echo Maker’ by Richard Powers a psychology fictional based on a patient with trauma induced capgras syndrome. Questions the fibers of reality a bit however the story line is somewhat lacking!

4/10
 
Not quite closely related to normal ADD topics, but I'm rereading (for about the 4th/5th time) Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test about Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and their role in the rise of LSD in the 60s
 
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Just became available, arrived in the mail today!
 
I can't read through just one book at a time unless it's fiction, though I do not recall how long it's been since one of those. I'm with Nuke about the textbooks, though between them;

The Cult of Pharmacology by Richard DeGrandpre. I found the title, fortunately, to be misleading. He makes interesting points, some which I don't fully agree with, but it's a nice "light read". Not finished but I wouldn't recommend it as anything more than "if you're curious and need a book between books". Good but not great.

The Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medicine by Marcello Spinella. Initially was worried it'd be "alternative medicine/herbal medicine" but it's purely science focused and reads like a pharmaco/enthobotanical book. I find it easy to follow.

The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology by Jack R. Cooper, Floyd E. Bloom, Robert H. Roth. I got this for less than $10 used and absolutely love it. Currently it's a bit "heavy reading" but enjoyable none the less. If you enjoy neuro/biochemistry and pharmacology this might interest you, especially at such a price.

Lastly, if I'm lightly having some wine or feel like relaxing I'll pull out something from Jonathan Ott. When I was about 17 years old I stumbled across his Pharmacotheon (soft cover) and got it for $25. I'm still grateful for how much it's influenced me positively growing up.
 
nothing to do with drugs or any relation whatsoever!

and your all going to laugh at me.

'A Journey' Tony Blair
 
To the above poster. I would augment Tony's book with some other sources about the 'Blair Years' if I were you. I suspect he is not going to be completely frank with us in 'The Journey' and the most informative aspects would be those things he leaves out rather than what he includes.
I'm waithing for my copy of the new Shulgin tome. And 'Psychedelic Information Theory (J L Kent) is coming out soon. From what I've seen (prerelease samples) it looks reasonably technical but could probably make some sense to an armchair enthusiast/layman like myself.
Peace - Pipp.
 
fastandbulbous said:
Not quite closely related to normal ADD topics, but I'm rereading (for about the 4th/5th time) Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test about Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and their role in the rise of LSD in the 60s
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a perennial classic for sure

nuke said:
lots of textbooks
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just started perusing Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology myself

hamhurricane said:
Pharm_LSD_small.jpg

Just became available, arrived in the mail today!
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This just made it to the top of my "to read" list

Currently I'm most actively reading The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience by Andy Newberg & Eugene D'Aquili. Really interesting stuff. I'd read a newer work of theirs a year or so ago & though i should go back & read this one since i've been working on a research project regarding mysticism for some time now.
 
Heads up to 'Psychedelic Information Theory', now having read it.
An interesting and rational account of how the psychedelic materials might be affecting the processes of thought and experience in a user. Basing his theory on brainwaves and how their disruption leads to the reduction of seamless normal experience, and using fractals as a model for the networks of altered thought produced, the author, James Kent avoids too much of the mystical angles while giving an open minded but agnostic description of the mechanisms within a framework of reasonably accepted science.
http:/jamesk.net/
He gives some more background on his site if you are interested. For the non scientifically trained, but moderately informed reader, I can thoroughly recommend it. I wouldn't say that it's the last word on the matter. More an outline of theory that may become more testable in time. It avoids most neurochemical issues, instead broadly describing higher level processes in a way that is intellectually satisfying.
Enjoy - Peace - Pipp
 
PippUK said:
Heads up to 'Psychedelic Information Theory', now having read it.
An interesting and rational account of how the psychedelic materials might be affecting the processes of thought and experience in a user. Basing his theory on brainwaves and how their disruption leads to the reduction of seamless normal experience, and using fractals as a model for the networks of altered thought produced, the author, James Kent avoids too much of the mystical angles while giving an open minded but agnostic description of the mechanisms within a framework of reasonably accepted science.
http:/jamesk.net/
He gives some more background on his site if you are interested. For the non scientifically trained, but moderately informed reader, I can thoroughly recommend it. I wouldn't say that it's the last word on the matter. More an outline of theory that may become more testable in time. It avoids most neurochemical issues, instead broadly describing higher level processes in a way that is intellectually satisfying.
Enjoy - Peace - Pipp
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Sounds interesting Pipp. Any mention of Externalism? Could fit in well with this theory.
 
Aside from the usual articles, ever since I got a b&n Nook last November I've been reading every Ken Follett book ever written. I don't think I would have liked his writing if I had started with one of his shorter novels, but I started with Kingdom without End and then Pillars of the Earth (backwards, I realized afterwards) in paperback a year ago, and then most of his other novels recently. I just finished his new one, Fall of Giants, which was really long (790 on my nook) but quite good.

Then I started reading Das Kapital but haven't gotten very far.
 
Speaking of fiction, I began The Brother Karamazov recently, good stuff.
 
^^^^ Excellent stuff there. Crime and Punishment equals it in every way. Must reads!!

Currently on:
On hashish -Walter benjamin (to read the great philosopher attempt to wrap his around hash makes for great stoned and/or toilet reading)

Consider the lobster - David Foster Wallace ("Up Simba!" is one of the best Politico articles ever written. Fear and loathing on the Campaign Trail and some of Matt Taibbi's early work give it a run for its money)

Stop Time - Frank Conroy (simple and great memoir)

Mycelium Running - Paul Stamets (the bible...)

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Richard P. Feynman (no explanation needed I hope. His brain covers almost all subjects with such fluidity and effectiveness)

Cheers
 
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