''Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas'' is a 1994 novel by

Tom Robbins Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1932) is a best-selling and prolific American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy drama"), such as ''Even Cowgirls Get the Blues''. Tom Robbins has lived in La Conner ...

, published by

Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. ...

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. Unlike his other books, ''Half Asleep'' is written entirely in the second person, present tense. Robbins was a personal friend of Terence McKenna,Tripzine.com interview with Terence McKenna
/ref> 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.

Release details

* Hardcover – () published on August 1, 1994 by

* Paperback – () published on November 1, 1995 by Bantam Books

References

External links

Review at Blather.net
1994 American novels Novels by Tom Robbins Novels about ancient astronauts Second-person narrative novels {{1990s-novel-stub