Comments on: Literary Review: ‘Shroom: A cultural history of the magic mushroom’ By Andy Letcher http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/ A rhizome of drugs, writing and culture Wed, 16 May 2012 09:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Literary Review: ‘Psychedelia Britannica’ by Antonio Melechi [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-3590 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:58:35 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-3590 [...] invaluable to later researches, not least the aforementioned book by Mike Jay and Andy Letcher’s Shroom (2006), which placed the episode within wider drug-culture [...]

]]> By: Fragments of a Wolf’s Soul: Sunrise Celebration 2011 review « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-2917 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:46:26 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-2917 [...] an informative and entertaining talk on the history of LSD in Britain. And, Andy Letcher, author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, returned to Sunrise and expanded his critical theory [...]

]]> By: Festival Preview: Sunrise Celebration 2011 « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-2620 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:49:04 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-2620 [...] David Luke, general psychedelic legend and PsypressUK contributor, and Dr. Andy Letcher, author of Shroom. For more details and a full line-up of talks please visit [...]

]]> By: ivy http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-809 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:17:34 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-809 why do you hate the book so much
i love shrooms and idk if he even did them but who know he might have

]]> By: Interview: Andy Letcher « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-136 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:42:35 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-136 [...] paganism, shamanism and evolution, a lecturer and a folk musician. He is the author of ‘Shroom – A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom’, an evidence-based research project examining human relationships with psilocybin and Amanita [...]

]]> By: psypressuk http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-111 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:04:43 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-111 That’s a shame Alexis – In what way do you think his approach to McKenna was purile?

I’m not sure whether Andy Letcher trying shrooms has anything to do with a look at the cultural evidence of magic mushroom use (which is the premise of the book and is clearly achieved.) The tone, I guess, maybe construed as arrogant but I strongly believe if you have any experience reading academic writing then you’ll find this is the norm. It’s not a personality piece as such, essentially there is no author behind the words, it is just a well recognized style of writing. Obviously not a style you enjoy reading though, which is fair enough.

]]> By: motley http://psypressuk.com/2009/12/24/literary-review-%e2%80%98shroom-a-cultural-history-of-the-magic-mushroom%e2%80%99-by-andy-letcher/#comment-109 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:21:00 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-109 I hated this book.No doubt that Mckenna had things which are probably fantasy but Lether attempted hatchet job was a bit purile. Letcher came across as arrogant and i question how muchb experience he has with mushrooms

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