Masks of the Illuminati
by Robert Anton Wilson
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Read in January, 1986
recommends it for:
people who want their mindset irrevocably rewired.
I read this book when I was in high school and there are passages that still keep me up late at night just thinking about them, even though the last time I read it was maybe about eight years ago. Two years ago, when the NY Times Book Review was trotting out the usual suspects for its list of the greatest novels of the late twentieth century, I said this should have been on it, and I stand by that. Easily the best, most tightly constructed novel Wilson ever wrote.
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UGH. When I talked to one of my friends I said that I was "reading this science fiction book." They made fun of me because they considered it a conspiracy novel. As unpleasant as THAT was, that's about the most pleasant part of reading this book.
THe book is like reading math---Einstein and James Joyce are dicscussing things together and trying to figure out the universe. Also it has this whole meta plot that you have to know before you can comprehend any of it. Just not my cu
THe book is like reading math---Einstein and James Joyce are dicscussing things together and trying to figure out the universe. Also it has this whole meta plot that you have to know before you can comprehend any of it. Just not my cu
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While I truly loved the original Illuminatus! trilogy, I do believe this stand alone book was my absolute favorite! Telling the story of one of Hagbard Celine's ancestors, this book is ripe with the wit, witticism and tongue-in-cheek insight for which RAW was known and loved.
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A good historical fiction reworking of RAW's main thematic interests. Not as good as Illuminatus or the Cat trilogies but thought provoking and well written.
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This book won't destroy and rebuild your brain, but it's not supposed to, good for a "I'm smarter than everyone else on the bus" kind of casual read.
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Read in April, 2004
The only book that pits Albert Einstein and James Joyce against the forces of darkness and conspiracy…or does it?
A puzzle of a book.
A puzzle of a book.
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This book scared me so much when I first read it that I've more or less blocked it out of my mind.
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