Interesting... complex... lost me in a few places... but definitely some memorable moments.

Nice weird book by Mr. Wilson. In the same vein as the Illuminatus Trilogy, not as good, much weirder. Not a bad read atall, which is by the way my favorite Pacific Island.

James Joyce, Albert Einstein, Alister Crowley, Loch Ness Monster, Illuminati conspiracies, and extensive literary references. What’s not to love?

I wept powerfully at the end. That is all.

Not nearly as good as The Illuminatus Trilogy or The Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, but still good wholesome fun for the whole family.

I don't even know. The occultist/conspiracy trend in literature from the later 20th century confuses me. On one level, this book could be valuable as a criticism of closed-mindedness or something else more elaborate than that that I don't really want to specify further at the moment. On the other hand, it could be ridiculous. At the very least, it was a fun read.

A hard read at times but it's brilliantly bonkers and well worth persisting with.
It's definitely made me want to read more Robert Anton Wilson.

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A detective story where drinking buddies Albert Einstein and James Joyce solve a mystery serves as a framing device to a Gothic romance about Aleister Crowley and the end of the Golden Dawn. But everything is actually an framing device to Robert Anton Wilson talking about whatever he wants. Absolutely fantastic.

Herrlich absurd.

I have read this book several times over the last thirty years and it is still an enjoyable read although in places the "Joycean" passages can be a little wearing.

A good historical fiction reworking of RAW's main thematic interests. Not as good as Illuminatus or the Cat trilogies but thought provoking and well written.