Word: grass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main character, "Japhy Ryder," in The Dharma Bums, a novel that takes place in the early days of the West Coast Beats. "Japhy Ryder" is a poet and Orientalist who lives in a hut in a Berkeley backyard and who spends much of his time sitting on the grass mats on the floor of his hut studying Oriental texts, and sipping tea. There are three pictures of Gary Snyder in Scenes Along the Road. One shows him sitting cross-legged in his Berkeley hut with a bowl of tea cupped in his hands; another shows him when he's robed...
With Michael Crichton as one-half of the author, it should be. Though only 28, Crichton has already found time to graduate from medical school and write two popular books-The Andromeda Strain (scifi) and Five Patients (medical reportage). Unlike most other young describers of the world of grass, he knows the value of clarity and coherence. As a full-fledged (though nonpracticing) doctor, he certainly does not inflate pot; he seems to see it simply as a pleasurable, nonaddictive drug somewhat less harmful than alcohol. Moreover, Michael has a kid brother Douglas, a student with a fine...
Means of Escape. Their narrator-hero, Peter Harkness, is a product of the affluent suburbs, a student at Harvard and a "good head." The story starts with his flying trip to Berkeley to pick up ten bricks of righteous grass. From there, the plot hurtles forward with pace, plausibility and a cast that would do credit to an Ian Fleming thriller. Meet Musty the connection, who regularly runs 2,000 kilos of pot-no more, no less-from Mexico to California; John Thayer Hartnup III, Harvard's richest student and biggest dealer; Sukie, of the long legs and golden...
...problem that dominates the book is not escape and enjoyment but mechanical procurement. Even though most people frown on dealing in marijuana -after all, it is against the law-the authors describe passing the stuff as just an exhilarating sport. By treating grass with such lightheartedness, the Crichton boys send a controversial message directly to a wide audience. Dealing, etc., is not really about a flip caper; it is a subliminal plea to legalize...
...seem strange at first to claim there is anything philosophical about the spectacle of twenty-two professional giants pounding over a field of plastic grass while 60,000 lunatics roar in pleasure or disgust. The players, of course, with their physical and financial survival in continual jeopardy, are no more likely to philosophize during the game than gladiators in the arena-But for the viewers, especially for the viewers watching for free in the eremitical peace of living room or den, protected from the elements, aided and enlightened by instant replay and running commentary, a well played game...