Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Robert Anton Wilson (Author), Michael Taft (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001

Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything!
By Robert Anton Wilson

From the author of the legendary underground classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy and many other works comes an unprecedented event: a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with Robert Anton Wilson – captured live on audio. Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything (or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance) brings us face to face with one of the most unconventional and brilliant writers of our time, affording listeners an inside view of this enigmatic (and sometimes misunderstood) novelist, visionary, and "stand-up comic for the mystically inclined."
In four engrossing sessions of conversation, Robert Anton Wilson delves into such topics as futurist psychology, the paranormal, God, political conspiracies (real and imagined), the Eight Stages of Consciousness and how to obtain them, life extension and space migration, the origins of language, guerrilla ontology, and much more. Wilson also offers a rare glimpse into his early years growing up in an Irish-American ghetto of New York, his friendship with Timothy Leary, his investigations into various magicks – plus a mind-expanding exploration of Wilson’s newest insights into the state of the human predicament.
This Collectors Edition also includes three classic Robert Anton Wilson lectures: The Acceleration of Knowledge, The New Inquisition, and Religion for the Hell of It.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

This once-in-a-lifetime, 12-session recording captures one of the most unconventional and brilliant writers of this century in conversation, and makes available to Wilsons legion of fans a refreshing insiders view of this enigmatic (and often misunderstood) author. Robert Anton Wilson discusses such topics as futurist psychology, the paranormal, God, conspiracies real and imagined, James Joyce, guerrilla ntology plus rare personal reflections on his extraordinary life

About the Author

Robert Anton Wilson is the author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy (with Robert Shea); the Cosmic Trigger trilogy; The New Inquisition; the Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy; Prometheus Rising; The Walls Came Tumbling Down; Wilhelm Reich in Hell; and numerous books on psychology, social philosophy, sexuality, and practical magick. New Scientist called the Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy "the most scientific of all science fiction novels" and, for The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Wilson received the 1986 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; abridged edition edition (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564559513
• ISBN-13: 978-1564559517
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Books on Cassette > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature
  • #33 in Books > Books on Cassette > Literature & Fiction > Religious
  • #49 in Books > Books on Cassette > Biographies & Memoirs > General

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Only Audio Book I have even tried, January 13, 2002

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Derek Borgen (Delray Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything (Audio Cassette)

First off, I hate Audio books. I have a low recall rate for things I hear, so I prefer to read. However, this isn't a book per se, but a running dialogue between RAW and a questionner. Having never heard RAW's voice before, it keeps the attention much better than most radio programs, either.
The six tapes cover a host of topics, but the main topics are the Life and Times of Robert Anton Wilson, Language and Reality, Techniques for consciousness change, politics and conspiracy, the acceleration of knowledge, and the New Inquisition/Religion for the Hell of it. This is great, because you can pick and choose the topic, especially those of us used to CDs.
The conversations are subdued, mellow, coarse, and profoundly funny at times.
If you are not a RAW veteran, however, don't start with this. Much of the information has appeared in some form in his books, and the depth he dives to in print is preferrable.
It is just kind of fun to hear Bob make fun of himself, everyone else, and the possibilty that RAW is full of crap, too.