Robert Shea





Robert Shea

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Robert Joseph Shea (February 14, 1933 - March 10, 1994) was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings.


Average rating: 4.00 · 5,656 ratings · 147 reviews · 24 distinct works · Similar authors
The Illuminatus! Trilogy: T...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 8,589 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions
The Eye in the Pyramid (Ill...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 817 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions
The Golden Apple (Illuminat...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
Leviathan (Illuminatus 3)
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
Time of the Dragons (Shike 1)
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions
Last of the Zinja (Shike 2)
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
All Things Are Lights
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Land of the Infidel (Sarace...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
The Holy War (Saracen, #2)
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
More books by Robert Shea…
The Eye in the Pyramid The Golden Apple Leviathan
Illuminatus! (3 books)
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4.009730967372639 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 10,482 ratings
Land of the Infidel The Holy War
Saracen (2 books)
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4.052631578947368 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 95 ratings

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“She was a woman with red hair and green eyes— the traits which Satan supposedly relished most in mortal females.”
Robert Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid

“An archaeologist is a ghoul with credentials.”
Robert Shea

“Organization. If you want big words to talk to intellectuals with, that's a fine big word, son, just as many syllables as imagination, and it has a lot more realism in it.”
Robert Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid

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