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Title: Drug travelogue not needed
Review: Sorry, but though I keep trying (it's at least a trilogy, after all), this story is just not interesting. Castaneda talks about alternate reality, but I can talk about one too. He puts this story forward as a true record of a meaningful other world out there. All I see is a guided drug trip by a Mexican Indian friend. A magical "ally" in the shape of a giant gnat? Come on. If you're drugged out and doubled over on the floor, and a gnat lands next to your eyeball, I bet that's what he looks like.At best this is a drug travelogue. At worst it's mediocre science fiction. I admit I did learn one thing from his wise guide's musings -- that we all talk to ourselves -- at least in our heads, and it's a challenge to shut up and listen to the world around us. But again, no drugs needed for that.
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