The Dreaming Earth Author:John Brunner In the early years of the 21st Century, the "population explosion" is a grim reality - world-wide shortages of food and essential supplies threaten the stability of civilization, and UN agencies work frantically against time to develop new sources of vital materials. — Rebelling against the harshness of their lives, hundreds of thousands turn to ... more »a strange new drug - "happy dreams" - which is suddenly and mysteriously available. Just one more problem for the overworked law-enforcement agencies...