On September 7, 2016 4:21:32 PM EDT, Steve Kinney <admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:
On 09/07/2016 01:58 PM, John Newman wrote:
For years my irc handle was hagbard (as in Hagbard Celine). Fucking illuminatus trilogy such a great read !!
I feel like Umberto Eco really ripped RAW off with Focaults Pendelum... or maybe it's the other way around, I can't recall when Focaults first came out!! Pretty sure Illuminatus Trilogy was first.
I got flamed by RAW on his Groupmind list. It was one of the prouder moments of my life.
Hah I wouldn't mind seeing that exchange. I wonder whatever happened to Robert Shea... He was listed as co-author of IT but I don't remember anything else from him... RAW, otoh, was prodigious in his output. As a kid first reading and rereading the trilogy I always wished I had a golden submarine packed to the gills with high quality reefer, electronics, and friends. My own little under water commune.... Like Hagbard and ELF ;) John -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.