TSOG: The Thing That Ate the Constitution

by Robert Anton Wilson

What is happening in the United States—RIGHT NOW!—to human freedom and to the Constitution that was written to secure and protect YOUR liberty? Why does the U.S. have a drug TSAR(!) who proudly destroys millions of lives and bullies the governments of the rest of the world into prosecuting an insane war on [some] drugs? How did a Nazi spy come to have an enormous influence on current U.S. foreign policy? Will the 'war on terrorism' put the last nail in the coffin of YOUR rights? Would Hannibal Lecter make a better president that George W. Bush?

Bob's keen wit skewers those who are forcing us all into slavery, and warns us that there is little time left. How long will it be before Bob's books are banned as 'literary terrorism'?

Genres: Nonfiction, Counter Culture, Philosophy, Politics

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2002

About the author

Robert Anton Wilson was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews. In 1999 he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". Wilson's goal was "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."
In addition to writing several science-fiction novels, Wilson also wrote non-fiction books on extrasensory perception, mental telepathy, metaphysics, paranormal experiences, conspiracy theory, sex, drugs, and what Wilson called "quantum psychology".
Following a career in journalism and as an editor, notably for Playboy, Wilson emerged as a major countercultural figure in the mid-1970s, comparable to one of his coauthors, Timothy Leary, as well as Terence McKenna.

Reviews

[Richard Clay · Rating 5 out of 5]

His penultimate book of nonfiction and perhaps not the best of Bob but those who found the humour and playfulness of 'The Illuminati Papers' to their taste will not be disappointed. For readers of Bob, those parts of the hippie dream that were founded on genuine benevolence and creativity have never gone away - but the malignant, primitivistic and Mansonoid bits have withered beneath the Wit of Wilson. Read this and understand how.

[Linnea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really fun RAW piece. An excerpt into politics on his behalf, and while I definitely enjoyed it, it didn’t have enough substance to count for a novel to me. Could’ve been a magazine page spread.

[Joseph Inzirillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wild ride. More of Bob’s great wit and wisdom wrapped in the gentle caress of a world just introduced to 9-11. Bob is as political as he gets and as funny as ever.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome R.A.W. book. Easy and quick read. Covers more up to date info on the Bush II administration and the 2000 election.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing wrong with this except a bit repetitive from earlier works. Judged alone it is excellent.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

RAW writing in the style of George Carlin. It reminded me of Brain Droppings or Napalm and Silly Putty, but through RAW's reality tunnel.

[Stefan Rhyner]

One of the last works of RAW...kind of a start of his saying good bye to this world were in...heading for the next level

[Erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bukowski, but with LSD instead of alcohol and optimism instead of Bukowski