Reviews
Cosmic Trigger Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati, by John Thompson, Robert Anton Wilson
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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