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Author: Burroughs, William
Title: The Ticket That Exploded
Publisher: Grove, New York
Pages: 217 pp.
Date: 1967
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Life styles
Annotation:The Nova Mob appears in this novel, as Burroughs develops his metaphor of everyone in society as a junkie for something. This futuristic society shows many elements at war, all obeying the "Algebra of Need."
Viewpoint towards drugs: neutral.




Author: Ellison, Harlan
Title: Gentleman Junkie
Publisher: Regency Books, Evanston, Illinois
Pages: 160 pp.
Date: 1961
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Social problems
Annotation:A collection of short stories dealing with juvenile delinquency and street gangs, but incorporating the world of drug addiction, particularly in the title story, which vividly depicts the pain of addiction.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.






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