Some other math/crypto sci-fi

[Tom]

Jim Choate wrote:
> > It's worth reading the Illuminatus! trilogy first.
> > I tried finding that in used book stores a decade or so ago,
> > and for a while there was a Conspiracy to prevent me from
> > collecting the whole set....
> 
> I just knew somebody was going to bring Wilson's trilogy up. I think
> there are actually four books (a conspiracy by the Gnomes of Zurich I
> bet), I've seen the first three bound together in pbk.

there's 3 books in the trilogy, but a couple of other ones which are
related to the topic. as the trilogy, quality varies widely within the
books. some pages are great, others aren't worth the dead tree.