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Originally Posted by Alfa
Now, why doesn't this surprise me from someone with the name fnord?
Please elaborate on your view of this book Fnord.
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Maybe fnord didn't catch you reply Alfa, so I'd like to give a brief outline for anybody who hasn't read it - because this is quite possibly the most entertaining book my crazy uncle Joe likes to read when he is really stoned or tripping.
Robert Anton Wilson was one of the three (possibly two, unless Macalypse the Younger is a real person) authors of the book. You have to understand that Wilson was into acid in a big. big. way. (he also happens to be a fantastic writer).
http://www.deepleafproductions.com/w...aw-LSDogs.html (interesting read, check it out)
Also, this book was written in the 60s.
Wilson started taking LSD in 1962, and Principia Discordia was published first in 1965. The three years of LSD madness shows in the book.
IMO it is the perfect example of an absurdist joke, which actually has more serious hidden meaning sprinkled throughout it, that you may only pick up after reading it more than once.
There's not much more I can think of to describe it. You'll either love it or hate it. Being stoned or tripping isn't necessary, but it helps.