Series
The Illuminatus Trilogy
Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea · 3 novels · 1975
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction–influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, related to the authors' version of the Illuminati. The narrative often switches between third- and first-person perspectives in a nonlinear narrative. It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology, and Discordianism.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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- 1970s3
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3 novels
2 authors · completed series
reads like:postmodernpolitical intrigueour worldcontemporarychallengingadult
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Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
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- The Eye in the Pyramiddarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense