![]() There are even parts in the book in which the narrative reviews and jokingly deconstructs the work itself. Much of the back story is explained via dialogue between characters, who recount unreliable, often mutually contradictory, versions of their supposed histories. … The plot meanders between the thoughts, hallucinations and inner voices, real and imagined, of its many characters-ranging from a squirrel to a New York City detective to an artificial intelligence-as well as through time (past, present, and future), and sometimes in mid-sentence. ![]() ![]() The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: The Eye in the Pyramid (first two books), The Golden Apple (third and part of fourth book), Leviathan (part of fourth and all of fifth book, and the appendices). It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology, and Discordianism. The narrative often switches between third- and first-person perspectives in a nonlinear narrative. 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 Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975. ![]()
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