Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
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First edition (hardcover)
Author Tom Robbins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction novel
Publisher Bantam Books
Publication date
1994
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback
Pages386 pp
ISBN 0-553-07625-6
OCLC 30398869
813/.54 20
LC Class PS3568.O233 H35 1994

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas is a 1994 novel by Tom Robbins, published by Bantam Books.

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Overview

Like Robbins' other books, the plot involves an eclectic mix of characters and complicated scenarios, and mixes the mundane with the mysterious, in the form of the Sirius mysteries and the mythology surrounding the Dogon Tribe. [1] Unlike his other books, Half Asleep is written entirely in the second person, present tense.

Robbins was a personal friend of Terence McKenna, [2] whose influence is evident in several of his books. A main character in Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas named Larry Diamond advocates a theory similar to those of McKenna, involving psilocybin.

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References

  1. Hoyser, Catherine E.; Lorena Laura Stookey (1997). Tom Robbins: A Critical Companion . Greenwood Press. pp.  9, 150. ISBN   0-313-29418-6. Tom Robbins: A Critical Companion.
  2. Tripzine.com interview with Terence McKenna