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Timothy Leary

Flashbacks Paperback – March 17, 1997

by Timothy Leary (Author)

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Dr. Timothy Leary's passion affected an entire culture and influenced modern world history. Flashbacks, Leary's own account of his career as "an accomplished clinical psychologist at Harvard University, a dabbler in Eastern mysticism, a fugitive and convict, a stand-up comedian and actor, a writer and software designer and exponent of cybernetics" - (The New York Times), is the only book written by him that directly addresses the issues, people, and history of his personal awakening and crusade.

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407 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Tarcher
Publication date

March 17, 1997
Reading age

18 years and up
Dimensions

6.13 x 1.08 x 9.24 inches
ISBN-10

0874778700
ISBN-13

978-0874778700
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Someday, in a more enlightened age, Tim Leary may be remembered as the Galileo of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, as Flashbacks jauntily demonstrates, we can have a lot more fun with our neuronaut than the Italians had with their astronomer. -- Tom Robbins, author of Still Life with Woodpecker

Product details

Publisher : Tarcher (March 17, 1997)
Language : English
Paperback : 407 pages
ISBN-10 : 0874778700
ISBN-13 : 978-0874778700
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 6.13 x 1.08 x 9.24 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,900,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,415 in Educator Biographies
- #12,484 in Medical General Psychology
- #31,461 in Specific Group Biographies

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Mark Koons

Things You Probably Don't Know About Timothy Leary & LSD

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016

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Other than being part of Leary's personal history, the most interesting content surrounds the implication of JFK's LSD use and the murder of his likely conduit of supply. I read this book long ago because in the early '70s I was getting what was supposedly Leary's 13 way kitchen acid which he synthesized while he was on the run and hiding out in Rockford, IL.

For those unfamiliar with Leary's personal history, I think you'll be surprised by the degree to which he was a product of the establishment. I'd recommend this book to anyone.

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A. Theodore Kachel

Leary’s plea for understanding with wit as analytical defense about psychedelic drugs.

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2019

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Used book in good shape with modest distressed covers but no missing pages. Good resource for book I am writing.

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Excellent window for a view into the life and times of the author and his generation.

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2014

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In a way this is a book to relish for the flavor it tries to impart on the events of the past, known only imperfectly by most of us and if not everyone, people for whom better understanding still matters. From an armchair of course, this is pretty easy to say. I personally also felt the blast of the authors unabashed conceited aura (mentioned by other reviewers) constantly while reading but I was able to relegate it to a quirk that eventually allowed me to glean a great amount of satisfaction. Often entire strings of sophomoric metaphor used to describe his experience might seem tedious but certainly shed some light on Dr. Tim and his take on reality. I feel that for the really curious sort this book will flood one with more questions than can be answered in a lifetime. Gives the crackpots and the kettles plenty of reasons to call each other black.

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Cathi

Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016

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Good insight into Leary's life and experiences. good read. Bought this years ago, lent it out and never got I back, so I bought it again for my library.

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Leary surprises with "Flashbacks"

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2012

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I bought this book for a creative project I'm working on and after reading Richard Greenfield's excellent (if unflattering) biography. I've never been much of a fan of Leary and find most of his other writing almost excruciating to read. It sometimes seems like he never reread anything he wrote and couldn't wait for the ink to dry so he could get back to dropping acid and banging groupies. But this biography is very illuminating, at least to see Leary as he saw himself and to understand his motivations a lot better. It's surprisingly lucid and even poignant in places. You have to wade through some fairly characteristic Leary blarney (particularly his account of how he ultimately got released from prison which is at great variance with other accounts) but the book is surprisingly readable and engaging. Like Greenfield's book it's often riveting as Leary's life was anything but boring! I hope more people will give this book a chance. I think it will make you see the author in a new, if not utterly redeeming light.

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