Author Tom Robbins dies at 92

By Reuters

Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday. He was 92.

Robbins’ death was announced by his wife, Alexa Robbins, on Facebook. The post did not cite a cause.

“He was surrounded by his family and loyal pets. Throughout these difficult last chapters, he was brave, funny and sweet,” Alexa Robbins wrote. “He asked that people remember him by reading his books.”

Robbins indulged the hippie sensibilities of young people starting in the early 1970s with books that had an overarching philosophy of what he called “serious playfulness” and a mandate that it should be pursued in the most outlandish ways possible.

As he wrote in “Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas,” “Minds were made for blowing.”

Robbins’ works included “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Still Life With Woodpecker.”