Fantasy Drugs

Fiction about weird drugs that induce weird states/make you do weird things

Ideally not drugs that exist irl with cool new sci-fi names slapped on them. We're looking for totally new kinds of pharmacology here! Exciting (and potentially scary)!!

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created by teddydee

last updated October, 2026

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Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick (“Can-D” and “Chew-Z”) A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick (“Substance D”) Flow My Tears, Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick (“KR-3”) ( “Rhapta”)End of Mr.Y - Scarlett Thomas (“Synamorphesterone,” “Reaper,” “Stallion,” “Merge5/9” aka. “Empathin” and “Tetrameth”) Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon (DO NOT look up information about the book if you don’t want spoilers).

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Oh thanks, I'll work adding these tomorrow! :)

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Green City Wars I can’t spoil it here but you can have a look!

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Thank you, will do!

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Your list your timeline 😉 just knew I had some titles.

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I love The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate! It's about people in recovery after taking a drug called Memoroxin - pills that contain memories. But taking someone else's pills will lead to weirdness!

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Sounds perfect! Thanks :)

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Kallocain by Karin Boye! A classic that's on my tbr đŸ™‚â€â†•ïž

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Oh yeah! That's on my tbr too, haha

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Haha easy to miss something â˜ș

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Islington’s Scion

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Thank you :)

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Of course đŸ™‚â€â†•ïž- I can come back with notes if you have any interest.

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Sure! Awesome :)

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Such a fun list!!! 😍

A really, really weird one that might kinda fit this one is Vurt by Jeff Noon. It’s about people accessing a virtual reality dream state by putting feathers in their mouths

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Oh cool, thank you! I'll add it!

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There’s a memory-erasing drug in Janelle Monáe’s The Memory Librarian called Nevermind!

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Oh, you're right! Thanks!

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No Crows??? I love this list idea, but it NEEDS Six of Crows - the whole plot revolves around a mind, body & power altering drug called Jurda Parem!

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Thanks! I have essentially zero familiarity with this author, no slight intended

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What? Wow, I thought everyone knew Leigh Bardugo at this stage! Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom are her best books in my opinion. Fantasy crime and really shockingly high qualityđŸ‘ŒđŸ–€

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Nope! I mean I know the name, but her books didn't really sound like my style. But I guess you never know

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Her books are all verrrry different so I would say give one a go some day. Like Shadow & Bone are high fantasy, King of Scars are political, Six of Crows are crime, Ninth House are very horror and academia, The Familiar is historical etc.

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I read this back in 2020 but even now when I read the description of this list my mind went to this book called The Sushi Prophecies by August Hill. I remember it being really trippy and weird because of something called 'the Plant' that was getting into peoples mind. And then re-reading the summary and my review from back then I feel fairly confident it fits the criteria for this list. But I truly leave that up to your discretion of course! 😅

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Thank you! Sounds perfect!

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