Art: RAW Semantics
Apparently I am not the only person excited about the big new Robert Anton Wilson book (514 pages!), A Non-Euclidean Perspective: Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960-2005, as the RAW Semantics blog already has a post about it. Whereas I have only gotten a few dozen pages in, as I'm also trying to read two other books at the same time, Brian wasted little time, consuming the book in a weekend:
"Don’t expect smooth surface consistency and neat little category boxes from someone as prolific, pluralistic, open-minded and adaptable-to-situation as Robert Anton Wilson. That’s the 'warning' I’d give to someone, new to RAW’s work, about to read this amazing and exhilarating collection."
Jesse Walker also wrestles with the diversity in his "Discordia Rising" intro to the book.
I also plan to blog about the book, but kudos to Brian for getting out of the gate early! I'll be going back to his notes as I get through the new book.
BTW, amazing art from Brian as usual, please see the post for that, too. I love the comic at the top.
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Thanks for the kind mention, Tom. I skipped a few of the pieces (the ones already very familiar to me), and concentrated on the others. A wonderful selection of writings and interviews - thoroughly enjoyed myself!
Does the new book mention the Decembrists?
I have the book, Eric, so I ran a search. One mention, Page 505, "I'd also accept a constitutional monarchy, like the Decembrists. But I remain, in my heart of hearts, an anarchist." From the "Russian Magazine Interview" chapter. Apropos of nothing, my brother-in-law is a fan of the rock group The Decembrists.
Thank you so much!
Jesse and Rasa wanted to include a (pretty extensive) index in this new book in order to facilitate exactly this type of research. It is unfortunate that there seem to be no entry for 'Decemberist', although Debussy has one, and so has Disney World.
In the paper version, page 505 already finds the reader in the index, so I assume that Tom Jackson refers here to the ebook version.
Although I have read/heard you discuss it a few times in the past, Eric if you feel compelled to write something next month about RAW and the Decemberists, I would be very interested to read that.
Yes, I'm sorry, I thought the page number in the ebook referred to the page number in the paper book. But I do identify the chapter.
One of the reasons I often buy the ebook versions of the Hilaritas Press books is that I find it useful to be able to run a search.
December 26 marks the Decembrists’ bicentennial. I will write something.
The Decembrist reference is on page 463 of the print edition.
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