Robert Anton Wilson RIP

luka

luka

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I needed something light to pass the time so I ended up rereading the illuminatus trilogy over the last three days. I enjoyed it. Bit of wincing naturally, but enjoyed it. The plague vector, Carmel, eats some bats. That's a nice bit of synchronicity. Another is that it's set at the end of April.
 
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I recently learned my dad read both that and Ben Watson's Frank Zappa book and hated both. He was ranting about them last time I spoke to him and I was like "Wait, Ben Watson? I'm sure I know someone who knows that guy... ".
 
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catalog

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have to say i thought illuminatus trilogy was good when i read it, but not as good as i was hoping it would be. i think i read it straight after finishing 'gravitys rainbow' as well, which didn't help. it felt too frivolous and scattered.
 
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He said it was written by someone "desperate to insert themselves into the Zappa story whilst showing off the contents of their bookshelf".
 
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