Stoned

by Jane Gallion

The underground classic from 1969 back in print!

“Stoned is a diamond in the rough of pulp fiction about the late 1960s counterculture. Sexual liberation, drug culture and the Vietnam War, Jane Gallion captures the zeitgeist of the time brilliantly.”

- Andrew Nette
author of Gang Girls, Biker Boys & Real Cool Pulp fiction and Youth Culture, 1950-1960



The sweet smell of marijuana fills the air — and suddenly Elaine’s whole uptight world flips inside out. The kids can scream, the husband can go to hell — she’s through being the perfect suburban wife!

Now she’s turning on, tuning in, and dropping out — into a wild whirl of love, dope, and liberation that tears through every polite barrier of her middle-class life.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Ralph Carlson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the greatest written book but still an interesting read. I enjoyed it.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Via his New Essex House imprint, publisher Howard Griggs has been reprinting some classic but now out-of-print and nearly forgotten counterculture novels that were first published in the 1960s and 1970s. One that will interest anyone who had a Hippie phase back then, or anyone who wants to know more about that scene, is Jane Gallion's novel STONED, first published in 1969. Pulp culture historians like Andrew Nette view it as an underground erotica masterpiece. As an old Hippie and pulp culture fan myself, I agree. STONED is a fast, interesting read. Kudos to Howard Griggs for bringing it back into the world.