The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Anton Wilson





disinformation: interviews. richard metzger.

among wilson s 35 books, , many other works, perhaps best-known volumes remain cult classic series illuminatus! trilogy (1975), co-authored fellow playboy editor robert shea. advertised fairy tale paranoids, 3 books—the eye in pyramid, golden apple, , leviathan, offered single volume—philosophically , humorously examined, among many other themes, occult , magical symbolism , history, counterculture of 1960s, secret societies, data concerning author h.p. lovecraft , author , occultist aleister crowley, , american paranoia conspiracies , conspiracy theories. book intended poke fun @ conspiratorial frame of mind.


wilson , shea derived of odder material letters sent playboy magazine while worked editors of forum. books mixed true information imaginative fiction engage reader in wilson called guerrilla ontology , apparently referred operation mindfuck in illuminatus! trilogy outlined set of libertarian , anarchist axioms known celine s laws (named after hagbard celine, character in illuminatus!), concepts wilson revisited several times in other writings.


among many subplots of illuminatus! 1 addresses biological warfare , overriding of united states bill of rights, gives detailed account of john f. kennedy assassination (in no fewer 5 snipers, working different causes, prepare shoot kennedy), , book s climax occurs @ rock concert audience collectively face danger of becoming mass human sacrifice.


illuminatus! popularized discordianism , use of term fnord . incorporates experimental prose styles influenced writers such william s. burroughs, james joyce, , ezra pound. although shea , wilson never co-operated on such scale again, wilson continued expand upon themes of illuminatus! books throughout writing career. of later fiction contains cross-over characters sex magicians (wilson s first novel, written before release of illuminatus!, includes many of same characters) , illuminatus! trilogy.


illuminatus! won prometheus hall of fame award science fiction in 1986, has many international editions, , found adaptation stage when ken campbell produced ten-hour drama. appeared 2 card based games steve jackson games, 1 trading-card game (illuminati: new world order). eye n apple productions , rip off press produced comic book version of trilogy.








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