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It was described as fascinating, hilariously written, and engrossing books with the number 23 being a major theme, due to its author being friends with William S. Burroughs, who popularized the number 23.
And Robert Anton Wilson went on to co-write the very famous Illuminatus trilogy.
— Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23
Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23
It was described as fascinating, hilariously written, and engrossing books with the number 23 being a major theme, due to its author being friends with William S. Burroughs, who popularized the number 23.
And Robert Anton Wilson went on to co-write the very famous Illuminatus trilogy.
Okay they're fascinating books. They're wonderfully written. They're hilarious, they're engrossing, they're really interesting.
But he was friends with Burroughs and so the number 23 is a major foundation of the Illuminatus trilogy,
Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23
It was described as a fascinating, hilariously written, and engrossing read that explores the number 23 in the context of an underground school of thought in the 60s and 70s.
And Robert Anton Wilson went on to co-write the very famous Illuminatus trilogy.
Okay they're fascinating books. They're wonderfully written. They're hilarious, they're engrossing, they're really interesting.
But he was friends with Burroughs and so the number 23 is a major foundation of the Illuminatus trilogy, which also draws from another kind of underground school of thought I guess in the 60s and 70s which is called discordianism.
