With the ongoing discussion group for Charles Rosen's The Classical Style winding up soon, I thought it it be time to talk about another reading group I want to begin: The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. It seems to me that would be the major RAW work we haven't covered with the various online discussions here. It's a work that RAW apparently was particularly pleased with.
I still have my three paperbacks for the trilogy titles, e.g. The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat and The Homing Pigeons. But if we are going to do a discussion, I think we have to use the one volume omnibus edition, as that is the one most easily available for everyone.
Eric Wagner and I have started talking about this. We are both willing to do blog posts to held lead the discussion. As per usual, everyone is invited to participate in the comments. But I also am open to blog posts by other folks; I'm not looking to exclude anyone who might want to talk about favorite sections of the trilogy, or favorite ideas discussed in it.
I am willing to listen to other ideas about the discussion group.
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A read-through of this would be a good opportunity for people who have access to the original edition to comment on what was excised from the one-volume version.
Sounds like a great idea.
Who's Zelenka?
I have read this trilogy only once, in its omnibus form. But since then, I got my hands on second hand copies of the three separate paperbacks (published by the UK-based Sphere Books) and have been curious about reading those.
I'm in the opposite situation -- I need to get a copy of the omnibus edition. I will probably get the Kindle edition, as that's searchable.
Exciting. When are you thinking about starting this?
Chad, Eric and I have not hashed that out yet.
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