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Illuminati Trilogy

#1 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 30 September 2005 - 01:57 PM

I saw this going cheap in a shop in Cardiff and I was wondering if it was worth getting? Â£9.99 for the Trilogy.

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#2 Tenaka Khan

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Posted 30 September 2005 - 02:10 PM

My bro just read Angels&Demons and said that it was a decent enough read. Suspense, action and a drop of religion, sounds fun. But i wouldn't expect anything extraordinary, rather a filler till BH finally ships....

#3 Rich the Great

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Posted 30 September 2005 - 02:41 PM

Tiste, do you mean the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea?

#4 Cluracan AbSylvas

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Posted 01 October 2005 - 05:22 PM

@TS

If you are referring to the Illuminatus Trilogy then I say, "Go get it and enjoy!" Mind you that's assuming you like a frenetic pace and disjunctive narration... The books have an almost anarchistic writing style and play with nearly every pre-1980 conspiracy theory. I really enjoyed these books.

If you're referring to "Angels and Demons" and "The DaVinci Code" I say don't bother... go read Holy Blood Holy Grail instead.

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#5 caladanbrood

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Posted 01 October 2005 - 09:56 PM

All you need to know about the Illuminatus trilogy is here: http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/she...luminatus.shtml

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#6 stone monkey

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Posted 03 October 2005 - 03:52 PM

I read this back in the late 80s when I was a student and going through my experimental drug phase. (Nowadays, of course, I know which drugs I like and I stick to them...), This is probably the best time in one's life to read this trilogy, because if you approach it in later life you see it for the monumentally self-indulgent, juvenile tosh that it is.

Enjoy.

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#7 Clarkesworld Books

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Posted 04 October 2005 - 05:06 PM

The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a fun (perhaps a bit dated now) set of books that are quite unlike most other books I've read. If you like this one, you need to read Robert Anton Wilson's solo work, Schroedinger's Cat. The US edition was originally released in three paperbacks which was edited down into a single trade paperback later. It's missing a lot of stuff, but the story still hangs together pretty well.

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