*Reich’s unavailable articles on Oranur and its aftermath: “The Oranur Experiment,”EOB,
III, 1951, 267-344; “DOR Removal and Cloud-Busting,”OEB, IV, 1952, 171-182; “CROP
Desert: Space Ships, DOR, and Drought,” CORE, VI, 1954, 1-149.
BOOKS ABOUT REICH
Baker, Elsworth F.,Man in the Trap, New York: Avon Books, 1967. This work is a concise,
extremely lucid presentation of Reich’s psychiatric concepts and techniques, plus Baker’s
additions to them.
Bean, Orson,Me and the Orgone, New York: St Martin’s Press, 1971. Bean gives a vivid view,
written for the layman, of his therapy with Elsworth F. Baker.
Boadella, David,Wilhelm Reich: The Evolution of His WorkChicago: Contemporary Books,
Inc., 1973; available in a Dell paperback. This is a fine study of the totality of Reich’s work.
Cattier, Michael,The Life and Work of Wilhelm Reich, New York: Avon Books, 1971. Cattier
deals accurately with Reich’s work until about the year 1935, but dismisses it after that.
Greenfield,Jerome,Wilhelm Reich Vs. the U.S.A.,New York: W. W. Norton, 1974. This fine-
ly researched work studies the investigation of the Food and Drug Administration that ulti-
mately led to the destruction of Reich’s accumulators and the burning of his books.
Mann, W. Edward,Orgone, Reich and Eros, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. This eru-
dite work relates Reich’s orgone energy concepts to other energetic theories.
—and Hoffman, Edward,The Man Who Dreamed of Tomorrow, Chicago: Tarcher, 1980. As the
title indicates, the authors relate Reich’s work to current developments in diverse fields,
Meyerowitz, Patricia,And a Little Child, New York: rRp Publishers, 1982. This slim poetic
book about children contains an absolutely first-rate bibliography of orgonomic literature
on infants and children.
Raknes, Ola,Wilhelm Reich and Orgonomy, New York: Penguin Books, 1970. Raknes’ book is
a sensitive,well-informed but somewhat plodding book on Reich’s work.
Reich, Use Ollendorff,Wilhelm Reich: A Personal Biography, New York: St. Martin’s Press,
1969.This is a rapid, honest survey of Reich’s life and work, written by one who was close
but amazingly detached.
Reich, Peter,A Book of Dreams, Harper & Row, 1973. This represents an evocative,
wrenching account ofReich, as seen by his young son,
Rycroft, Charles,Wilhelm Reich,New York: The Viking Press, 1972. What’s valuable here is
the lucid survey of Reich’s therapeutic work c. 1930.
Wilson,Colin,The Quest for Wilhelm Reich,New York:Doubleday, 1981. This book is a puz-
zling amalgam of insight and error about Reich’s life and work.
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