The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles
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The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles is a series of three novels by Robert Anton Wilson written as a follow-up trilogy to his highly successful The Illuminatus! Trilogy. His co-author from the original series, Robert Shea, was not involved in this series.
It is composed of three books: The Earth Will Shake (1982) ISBN 1-56184-162-5, The Widow's Son (1985) ISBN 1-56184-163-3, and Nature's God (1991) ISBN 1-56184-164-1. A fourth book, The World Turned Upside Down, was promised at the end of Nature's God but has yet to be seen. Wilson (d. January 11, 2007) had stated he intended the Chronicles to be a pentalogy.[1]
It concerns the adventures of Sigismundo Celine, an ancestor of the Hagbard Celine character from the Illuminatus! Trilogy, as he blunders through Europe and America during the Enlightenment.
In an interview Wilson did with James Wallis of ESTWeb, Wallis mentioned "someone held up a fast-food restaurant demanding $100,000, a helicopter and a copy of The Widow's Son." Wilson was familiar with the case, which he said happened in Atlanta, Georgia where Kenneth Lamar Noid felt he was being insulted by a pizza commercial.[2]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ David A. Banton interview of RAW 1988 for KFJC, 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills, California (URL accessed 16 February, 2007)
- ^ James Wallis, "Robert Anton Wilson Interview" 27 February, 1991 (URL accessed 16 February, 2007)
[edit] External links
- Internet Book List series information
- The Earth Will Shake excerpt @ Robert A. Wilson's website
- The Widow's Son excerpt @ Robert A. Wilson's website
