Robert Anton Wilson is dead

[ajbera]

Looks like the Illuminati finally got him.

R.I.P. RAW

[Ming]

RIP...
Remember, It's not paranoia if somebody is really out to get you

[snoopy369]

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Ming
RIP...
Remember, It's not paranoia if somebody is really out to get you

I have no idea who this guy was, but I'll say this much: It's easy to laugh at, but if everyone hated you, you'd be paranoid too.

[Cort Haus]

RAW RIP

[Cort Haus]

DRoseDARs- Few writers will have been as much loved by their audience.

[snoopy369]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson

The father of the art of laughing at paranoids. Wrote some pretty good books Also was into metaphysics and such, but to a more realistic degree than most.

Also wrote in Playboy for a while

[-Jrabbit]

I was a big fan of the Illuminati trilogy when they came out during my college years. Good writer. Sorry to learn of his passing.

RIP

BTW, the Wiki article linked in Snoopy's immediately preceding post is quite good.

[Cort Haus]

RAW left the mundane plane today, 01/11/07 4:50 am. His last public words fnord posted to his blog a few days previous:

"Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.

Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd."

Goddess bless you, RAW. Thanks for all the mind****s. All hail Eris!

[chequita guevara]

Hail Eris.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Hail Eris.

All Hail Discordia

[Cort Haus]

A friend, who is a producer/engineer, is putting together a Pink-Floyd-style collage of random spoken nonsense in connection with this event. If anyone with a microphone and the facility to record a few words wants to contribute to this, PM me, and I'll reply with the email to send the wave file(s) to.

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The Questions :

What was your first thought upon hearing of the death of R A Wilson??

What regrets , if any do you have, as regards travel - where would you like to go??

When was the last time you cried and why?

Describe the colours you think of when you hear the word transcendental.. ??

[Blaupanzer]

R A Wilson was one of the few people on the planet who actually understood and could articulate the absurdity of life without sounding like drivel. He wa the conspiracy nut's best friend and worst enemy all at once.