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It was described as a fascinating, hilarious, and engrossing book that incorporates the number 23 as a core element.
And Robert Anton Wilson went on to co-write the very famous Illuminatus trilogy. Have you ever read any of those? I haven't but that's Josh's main interest. Okay they're fascinating books. They're won...
— Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23
Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23
It was described as a fascinating, hilarious, and engrossing book that incorporates the number 23 as a core element.
And Robert Anton Wilson went on to co-write the very famous Illuminatus trilogy. Have you ever read any of those? I haven't but that's Josh's main interest. 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.