The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles
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The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles is a series of three novel
s by Robert Anton Wilson
written after his highly successful The Illuminatus! Trilogy
and his 1981 "Masks of the Illuminati
". His co-author from the first trilogy, Robert Shea
, was not involved in this series, providing only a praising blurb.
It is composed of three books: The Earth Will Shake (1982
) ISBN 1-56184-162-5, The Widow's Son (1985
) ISBN 1-56184-163-3, and Nature's God (1991
) ISBN 1-56184-164-1. A fourth book, The World Turned Upside Down, was promised at the end of Nature's God but was never written; Wilson also had stated he intended the Chronicles to be a pentalogy
. His death in 2007 left the series as a trilogy, incomplete. There is an audiobook of the first novel read by Scott Crisp.
It concerns the adventures of Sigismundo Celine, an ancestor of the Hagbard Celine
character from the Illuminatus! Trilogy, as he blunders through Europe and America during the Enlightenment
, constantly fighting to escape becoming a part of history.
where Kenneth Lamar Noid felt he was being insulted by a pizza commercial.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s by Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
written after his highly successful The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magick-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both...
and his 1981 "Masks of the Illuminati
Masks of the Illuminati
Masks of the Illuminati is a 1981 novel by Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy and over thirty other influential books...
". His co-author from the first trilogy, Robert Shea
Robert Shea
Robert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In...
, was not involved in this series, providing only a praising blurb.
It is composed of three books: The Earth Will Shake (1982
1982 in literature
The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...
) ISBN 1-56184-162-5, The Widow's Son (1985
1985 in literature
The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Isaac Asimov - Robots and Empire*Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale*Jean M. Auel - The Mammoth Hunters*Iain Banks - Walking on Glass...
) ISBN 1-56184-163-3, and Nature's God (1991
1991 in literature
The year 1991 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Douglas Coupland publishes the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularizing the term Generation X as the name of the generation....
) ISBN 1-56184-164-1. A fourth book, The World Turned Upside Down, was promised at the end of Nature's God but was never written; Wilson also had stated he intended the Chronicles to be a pentalogy
Pentalogy
A pentalogy is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of five distinct works, just as a trilogy is made up of three works, and a tetralogy of four...
. His death in 2007 left the series as a trilogy, incomplete. There is an audiobook of the first novel read by Scott Crisp.
It concerns the adventures of Sigismundo Celine, an ancestor of the Hagbard Celine
Hagbard Celine
Freeman Hagbard Celine, H.M., S.H. is a central protagonist in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, named after the legendary Viking hero Hagbard who died for love. In the Schrödinger's Cat trilogy, the sequel to Illuminatus!, it is stated that 'Hagbard Celine'...
character from the Illuminatus! Trilogy, as he blunders through Europe and America during the Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in church and state...
, constantly fighting to escape becoming a part of history.
Kenneth Lamar Noid
In an interview Wilson did with James Wallis of ESTWeb, Wallis mentioned "someone held up a fast-food restaurant demanding $100,000, a helicopter and a copy of The Widow's Son." Wilson was familiar with the case, which he said happened in Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
where Kenneth Lamar Noid felt he was being insulted by a pizza commercial.