Illuminatus! Trilogy

Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson.
SF Shea

First published in 1975, the trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, related to the authors' version of the Illuminati. The narrative often switches between third- and first-person perspectives in a nonlinear narrative. It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology, and Discordianism.—Wikipedia 5/14/20



"Back when conspiracy theories were fun, this adventure tried to encompass them all; Secret societies, Satanism, sex and drugs, talking dolphins, alternate currency, psychedelic theories of the universe. Wilson went on to write Cosmic Trigger, his nonfiction culmination of his world view."—Submitted by Ned B., Information Technology


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