Jim Hogshire

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Jim Hogshire is a counterculture author of magazine articles, short stories, and a number of books. His works have been published in such magazines as Harper's, Gentleman's Quarterly, Details, Esquire, Covert Action Quarterly, Omni, FAIR, Animal's Agenda, and Lies of Our Times.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, a movie adaptation of his non-fiction guide You Are Going To Prison was released by Universal Pictures as Let's Go to Prison. The movie stars Will Arnett and was directed by Bob Odenkirk.

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• You Are Going to Prison
• Opium for the Masses: A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium
• Pills a Go Go: Fiendish Investigation into Pill Marketing, Art, History, and Consumption
• Sell Yourself to Science: The Complete Guide to Selling Your Organs, Body Fluids, Bodily Functions and Being a Human Guinea Pig
• Grossed-Out Surgeon Vomits Inside Patient!: An Insider's Look at the Supermarket Tabloids

One of Hogshire's better known short stories "The Electric Cough-Syrup Acid Test" was excerpted by Harper's magazine and has also appeared in the book, "White Rabbit," and a book about zines. The story first appeared in Hogshire's zine, "Pills a Go Go".[1]