* Synners by Pat Cadigan, features lots of fictional recreational drug use. Loosely based on a different short story from the anthology linked above, Rock On.
* When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger, a book featuring lots of fictional recreational drugs. IMO it hasn’t aged as well as Synners, a lot of the slang feels comically dated to read it today.
* Leech by Hiron Ennes. No fictional drugs, this is a sci fi horror novel about medical professionals and a mysterious parasite.
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Altered Genes by Mark Kelly, trilogy about C diff infections that become deadly and civilitation falls and the main focus is trying to find a cure.
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*A Scanner Darkly* by Philip K. Dick for substances.
*The Stars My Destination* by Alfred Bester for medical technology (keeping people alive).
The Plutonian Drug by Clark Ashton Smith, in which an alien drug allows the MC to see into the past and future. It’s available to read online.
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*Vurt* by Jeff Noon
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Achilles’ Choice by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Athletes who want to compete on the Olympic level take super steroids that will definitely kill you after about a decade.
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In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, people take soma to calm their emotions.
Zydrate from Repo: A Genetic Opera
* Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, about fictional performance enhancing drugs.
* Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham, a 1950s sci fi novel that’s aged really well about anti aging treatments.
* The short story [Solstice by James Patrick Kelly](https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/HTML/#calibre_link-27), available free online legally.
* Synners by Pat Cadigan, features lots of fictional recreational drug use. Loosely based on a different short story from the anthology linked above, Rock On.
* When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger, a book featuring lots of fictional recreational drugs. IMO it hasn’t aged as well as Synners, a lot of the slang feels comically dated to read it today.
* Leech by Hiron Ennes. No fictional drugs, this is a sci fi horror novel about medical professionals and a mysterious parasite.
Altered Genes by Mark Kelly, trilogy about C diff infections that become deadly and civilitation falls and the main focus is trying to find a cure.
*A Scanner Darkly* by Philip K. Dick for substances.
*The Stars My Destination* by Alfred Bester for medical technology (keeping people alive).
Would a mist do? [The Buried Giant](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522805-the-buried-giant)
Mira Grant’s Newsflesh series
The Plutonian Drug by Clark Ashton Smith, in which an alien drug allows the MC to see into the past and future. It’s available to read online.
*Vurt* by Jeff Noon
Achilles’ Choice by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Athletes who want to compete on the Olympic level take super steroids that will definitely kill you after about a decade.