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A list of glanded drugs available to Culture citizens, as mentioned in the novels, together with my interpretation of their effects. Ordered by novel. Some drugs are unnamed, but the effects are described, or at least hinted at.
Note that the capitalization of drug names is inconsistent in the books, although they all appear in italic font. I have retained the original cases here.
A short list of the named glanded drugs appears in the wiki here.
Consider Phlebas
- (unnamed, multiple) - "a dizzying sense of concentricity, as though she was the nucleus of the landscape"
The Player of Games
- (unnamed) - "a mild buzz"
- (unnamed, possibly multiple) - "Everything parameter-centred, near as damn" physiological metrics
- (unnamed) - "soothing drugs", "feel groggy"
- Sharp Blue - concentration
- Edge - concentration
- Focal - concentration
- (unnamed) - "memory and learning-enhancing secretions"
- Crystal Fugue State - enhances the effets of grif (and other alcoholic drinks?)
- Expand - enhances sexual appetite
- Snap - "the Culture's favourite breakfast drug"
- (unnamed, multiple) - "to stay carnally sober in the midst of the subtly exhibited orgy"
Use of Weapons
- snap - mood enhancer
- calm - calming effects
- recall - relieves memories
The State of the Art
- softnow - calming
- slow - "suddenly they all seemed to be moving in slow-motion"
A Gift from the Culture
- (unnamed) - "soothing and cool"
- (unnamed) - pain removal
Excession
- quicken - speeds mental processing
- (unnamed) - keeps one "bright and awake and receptive"
- (unnamed) - enhances orgasms
- calm - calms
- gain - avoids need for sleep, temporarily
- charge - "love of action, movement and the blessed need to be doing something"
- Diffuse - fuzzy thoughtfulness
- somnabsolute - sleep with no dreams at all
Inversions
Look to Windward
- (unnamed) - "gland-addled meanderings"
Matter
- (unnamed) - enhance gaming skills
Surface Detail
- (unnamed, multiple) - enhanced senses and reactions
- softnow - calming
- Winnow - removes the effects of hangovers
- (unnamed) - pain relief
- edge - concentration
- sperk - improved military performance
- focal - concentration
- drill - improved military performance
- gung - improved military performance
The Hydrogen Sonata
