The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Long before Dan Brown began writing about secret societies, there was the Illuminatus! trilogy, by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
Wilson was the first writer to get me to question the ways things are and seem to be, rather than robotically accept them. In Illuminatus! the authors delight in erecting a wall of reality that seems perfectly acceptable, only to tear it down and build a new, even more believable thought system. Full of humor, outlandish conspiracy theories, alternate history, infamous counterculture characters, and skepticism for everything. $12.89 on Amazon
Comments
I read the entire thing one summer... it was a whirlwind of conspiracy theories and half-fact, but still an interesting read.
Tough to get through... I remember the narrator would shift up to three times in one paragraph...
Posted by: Cibbuano | May 7, 2006 4:53 PM
My favoritest book ever. Even if I appreciate another book more in the future, it shall forver have a place in my heart.
Posted by: grubi | May 12, 2006 12:04 PM