In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
— In the Year 2525, by Zager and Evans.
Angelina valued herself and her desires, and nothing else. To follow her down the twisted path of her own making I would have to place myself in the same mental state that she lived in. This is not as difficult as it sounds—at least in theory. I have had some experience with the psychotomimetic drugs and was well aware of their potency. Centuries of research have produced drugs that can simulate any mental condition in the user. Like to be paranoid for a day? Take a pill. You too can go around the bend, friend. It is a matter of record that people have actually tried these concoctions for kicks, but that bored with life I don’t want to be. There would have to be a lot stronger reason before I would subject my delicate gray cells to this kind of jarring around. Like finding Angelina, for instance. About the only good thing about these pixilation producers is the accepted fact that the effects are only temporary. When the drug wears off so do the hallucinations. I hoped.
— 'Slippery Jim' diGriz, aka The Stainless Steel Rat
"You're on it right now? That's how you did the thing with the, uh, with the coins and the dream and all that earlier?"
"Yeah. I took some today. It's fading though."
"So the effects don't last that long."
"The side effects don't last that long. The effects will last the rest of my life, I think... Maybe longer."
"Yeah. I took some today. It's fading though."
"So the effects don't last that long."
"The side effects don't last that long. The effects will last the rest of my life, I think... Maybe longer."
— David Wong, from John Dies at the End, referring to the "Soy Sauce"
