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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Mark Frauenfelder on 'Natural Law'

 


Mark Frauenfelder's Book Freak newsletter has a new piece out on Robert Anton Wilson's Natural Law essay:

"Shortly after I bought it, my wife Carla and I heard that Wilson and Timothy Leary were doing a joint book signing somewhere in Los Angeles. We gathered up as many Leary and Wilson books as we had — which was a lot — and headed over. When I handed Wilson the Loompanics edition of Natural Law, he looked up at me and said, “Where the hell did you get this?“ He seemed genuinely surprised that anyone would own it.

"Here was the author, astonished that a reader had found his own book. It confirmed what I already suspected: Natural Law is a deep cut, even by Wilson’s standards. That’s why it’s the first book for our new Deep Cut Edition — subscriber-only posts about books that are obscure, strange, or underrated enough to deserve special attention."

I subscribed so I could read the whole thing, though you could read the first part for free. 

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