uderecife's review against another edition
3.0
This is the kind of book you aren’t expecting to read. That is, if you, like me, had your head somewhere else than all conspiracy-lovers and occult seekers had. For this is the a book about someone not refusing the existence of weird phenomena, but embracing the kaleidoscope of possible explanations and the many people behind such quests.
This is also a compilation of small essays about different topics. This, notwithstanding the bizarreness of the topic at times, allows you have a enough breathe room to find your own pace without losing too much between reading sessions.
If you are already familiar with occult topics and weird phenomena, I imagine that this book does not add much to what you already know or believe. But if you, like me, happen to fall on this by accident and find yourself enjoying RAW’s style and wittiness, this book may hold a pleasant surprise for you.
godhelm's review against another edition
4.0
It's a fascinating time capsule into the 60s and 70s, with boundless optimism for the future, for the development of mankind, for immortality and psychic powers. It's also, of course, extremely dated, and wrong in most of its predictions. The biographical notes weave in and out of the narrative but it never really becomes a RAW biography - and that's to its advantage.
Audio note: It's engagingly read but has a couple of audio mistakes with redone lines.
Audio note: It's engagingly read but has a couple of audio mistakes with redone lines.
wonderfulteeth's review against another edition
2.0
Super dry & forgettable. Robert Anton Wilson was a lot funnier than he was smart.
ant's review against another edition
4.0
This book is very much of a time, it's from the 70's and a lot of the optimistic predictions died with that decade. However, there is still enough of interest to make this a worthy read, but I'm a big R.A.W. fan so I'm biased.
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