Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything: (or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance) [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

by Robert Anton Wilson (Author)

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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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From the author of the legendary underground bestseller The Illuminatus! Trilogy and more than thirty other books comes a long-awaited audio event: Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything. 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 ontology plus rare personal reflections on his extraordinary life.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591793750
• ISBN-13: 978-1591793755
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Only Audio Book I have even tried, January 14, 2002

By	Derek Borgen (Delray Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Important info about this set, April 12, 2006

By	P. Couture (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just got this - it's four long interviews on five discs. NO lecture material. THIS IS AN INTERVIEW BOX.

A friend of mine ordered this, same story, just the five discs.

My guess is, they were going to include three bonus discs but couldn't get the rights, and it was too late to reprint the box.

It's a good set. I especially enjoyed the autobiographical stuff in the first session. The material on General Semantics, "model-theism", and the Eight Circuits makes more sense in print ("Prometheus Rising"), and I didn't need an hour on Joyce and Pound, but this is an excellent intro to RAW's thought.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price, even sans lecture material, March 22, 2007

By	Ramsey E. Clark - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As others have said, this set, despite claiming to on the packaging, does not contain any lecture material. It is 5 discs, all between 70 and 77 minutes long, containing an excellent interview with Mr. Wilson. It ranges from his early years in New York, to Joyce, and on into conspiracy theories with tons of other of Bob's thoughts laced in between.

If you're looking to get this set because of the lecture material, it's not here. Apparently it is intact in the cassette edition, if you can get your hands on that (according to another reviewer here). If, however, you're looking for a long, interesting, and amusing interview with Bob go ahead and pick this up.

I hesitate to give this 5 stars only because it does not fulfill what its packaging says it includes. What is included, in my opinion, is excellent material.