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The Aging Hippie's Guide to Stoner Lit

I was an Undergraduate between 1969 and 1973, at the height of the 1960s counterculture and at the beginning of its decline. On my campus and many others there developed a whole subcategory of literature called Stoner lit. These were books about being high, or books that seemed to make more sense if you were high. You read them in between tokes and to break up the Firesign Theatre marathons that left you laughing hysterically. Anyway, here are some of the ones I rember being au courant back then, as well as some more recent examples that have kept the tradition alive. Peace, and far out.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Arthur C. Clarke
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
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Brautigan
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
4
Carroll
Another Roadside Attraction (Robbins)
Another Roadside Attraction
5
Robbins
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi
6
B Is for Beer (Tom Robbins)
B Is for Beer
7
Tom Robbins
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
8
Richard Fariña
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
9
Jack Kerouac
Bored of the Rings (Kenney & Beard)
Bored of the Rings
10
Kenney & Beard
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
11
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Heller)
Catch-22
12
Heller
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
13
Vonnegut
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
14
Italo Calvino
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
15
Harlan Ellison
Demian (Hesse)
Demian
16
Hesse
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
17
Herbert
Endgame (Beckett)
Endgame
18
Beckett
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Robbins)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
19
Robbins
Exit the King (Eugène Ionesco)
Exit the King
20
Eugène Ionesco
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates (Tom Robbins)
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
21
Tom Robbins
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet
22
Kurt Vonnegut
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Tom Robbins)
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
23
Tom Robbins
Her (Ferlinghetti)
Her
24
Ferlinghetti
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
25
Allen Ginsberg
I Ching
I Ching
26
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
27
Italo Calvino
In Watermelon Sugar (Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
28
Brautigan
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
29
David Foster Wallace
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
30
Tom Robbins
Junkie (William Burroughs)
Junkie
31
William Burroughs
Kaddish (Allen Ginsberg)
Kaddish
32
Allen Ginsberg
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
33
Loot (Orton)
Loot
34
Orton
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Lord of Light
35
Zelazny
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
36
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Naked Lunch (By William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch (By William S. Burroughs)
37
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
38
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs)
Nova Express
39
William S. Burroughs
On the Road (Kerouac)
On the Road
40
Kerouac
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