10/10
should one attempt to liken consciousness as manifested via the mind to an explorer's map, the fact that this map is more or less a giant white spot quickly becomes evident.
herein Pickle and Tickle made their entrance in the late 20th century, to become the definitive texts on chemistry and physioposychopharmacology.
while the Magnum Opus is still eagerly awaited by the crowds as the culmination of the trilogy, today, P&T not only outline the methodology for synthesis of many wonderful sacraments, but also, provide the theoretical groundwork for 1000s of psychoactive agents yet to be discovered as well as the impetus for the 1000s of would be chemists and mind researchers to embark on this particular path.
at the same time, i believe that given the standard 2-generation lag from discovery to understood implementation, the true potential of these tomes will only be realized sometime in mid-21st century, and will prove these treatises to be just as valuable to both the layman and the technician as volumes penned by Newton, Darwin and Einstein.
Essential Reading 101 for the earnest researcher - who in turn may have to do a bit of reading between the lines - the books remain the most comprehensive works of their kind, AFAIK.
keeping in mind that just the chemistry sections are available online - which comprise only half of the books - sans the novelesque sections, which serve a far bigger function than contextualizing the experiences - i believe P&T hardcopies should be within an arms reach of any researcher, especially those who dabble in the less explored psychoactives.
my only criticism is the overt focus on prosexual properties of the compounds, which appears at times to be A&A's primary criterion for evaluating the drug's beneficial properties.