Hilaritas releases my Robert Shea book

 

I am pleased to report that Hilaritas Press today released the Robert Shea anthology I put together, Every Day Is a GOOD Day.  You can read the Hilaritas Press announcement here. 

The book has been gradually popping up, as an ebook and trade paperback,  at various bookstore sites for the last few days. Buy at Amazon.  Or buy at Barnes and Noble.   Or buy at Bookshop.org and support a local bookstore. 

In the newsletter, Rasa writes:

"Bob Shea was one of Bob Wilson's closest friends, and reading this collection of Shea's writings gives you a lot of clues as to why the two men got along so well. Many RAW fans learned about the two Bob's by reading Illuminatus!, but not so many followed the further writings of Bob Shea. This new publication is a wonderful opportunity to find out that Shea was not only a really good writer, but also an exceptional human being. 

"Author Jesse Walker, books editor at Reason magazine, writes,

'One great paradox of Illuminatus! is that its cult following somehow transferred itself to just one of the book's two authors: Robert Anton Wilson still has a devoted cadre of fans two decades after his death, while Robert Shea's solo writings have run the risk of being forgotten. Thankfully, Every Day Is a GOOD Day is here to preserve the memory of this good-hearted, open-minded man – and to let more people enjoy his humane and freedom-loving writings.'

John Higgs, author of Love and Let Die and other books, writes, 

'Entertaining, thought provoking and richly varied, Every Day is a GOOD Day is a perfect introduction to the anarchistic principles and humane thinking of Robert Shea - a man more interested in finding flaws in his own beliefs than he is in forcing those beliefs on others.'

"If you like RAW's writings, you will easily get into reading Shea. If we may be so presumptuous, let us suggest that this is kinda essential reading for dedicated fans of RAW."

More endorsements here. 

I am pleased with the book, which took quite a bit of time and effort. l have been re-reading it now that I have a physical book in my hands. I've put together a book that I enjoy reading, my main definition of success. 

Various people helped me. I appreciate everyone who helped, and I want to thank a few people. Rasa did the cover, designed the book, got feedback from his board of advisors that improved the book, and in general worked very hard. I'm grateful to the five authors who took time to read the book and write blurbs for it: Jesse Walker, John Higgs, Daisy Campbell, Bobby Campbell and Eric Wagner. You can read what all five said.  And I want to thank Mike Shea, Robert Shea's son and literary executor, for giving me permission to do  the project, part of my crusade to bring new attention to Robert Shea.  

Here is the book page.  There is also a Hilaritas Press page devoted to the book. 

As I wrote earlier, this month is the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of Illuminatus!