SP's Reviews > High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experiences in the Seventies

This book is a cornucopia of information about some of the weird parts of the late 60s and early 70s, focusing in particular on the McKenna brothers (esp. Terrence McKenna), Robert Anton Wilson (of Illuminatus! fame), and Philip K. Dick. As a longtime fan of PKD, that alone made it worth the price of admission for me. (I discovered listening that the author, Erik Davis, had worked on the published version of PKD's Exegesis, so he knows whereof he speaks.)

The discussion is written at a high level of abstraction, which gives it extra depth but makes it harder to follow (at least in audiobook format). It gives lots of references for future reading, but again, that doesn't work as well for the audiobook. And I'll probably read it again soon, if I can find time. Put that all together, and I'll give this five stars.

EDIT: Read it again in July and August. Still interesting, still lots of stuff to think about.