Hilaritas Press has just announced it will republish an early Robert Anton Wilson work, Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words. Here is the official word from Rasa:
"Hilaritas Press will be republishing Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words edited by Robert Anton Wilson. I started on the reformatting two days ago. It's a huge job, but I'm enjoying it immensely. It's time consuming as there's a lot of formatting involved, but since I only previously read a handful of definitions, as I'm reading, I am blown away by the work that was put into this. As usual, I have to read very carefully to make sure it's all correct. We'll have proofreaders check my work when I'm done. No idea of when this will be finished, but I think this will be a very popular offering.
"RAW famously wrote that he was pissed off that the Playboy editors cut out a lot from what he originally submitted, but nonetheless, it's an amazing book, filled with some 700 words and phrases and a ton of obscure references, quotes and RAW's distinct sense of humor. Here's one example that tickled me today…
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B.S.
"An abbreviation of bullshit. According to contemporary folklore, two farmers were discussing the mysterious degrees toward which their sons were working in college. "Can this B.S. mean what it looks like?" one asks. "I suppose," says the other, "but what's M.S.?" "More of the same, I guess." "And this here Ph.D.?" "Piled Higher and Deeper!”
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