Book Chat: Some Odd Titles
With Commentary
Overweening Generalist takes us along to chat about reading, books, book burning and dead-tree codex curiosa. Nice shelfie contained as a bonus!
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13.10.2025 18:10 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Gas Station Heroin and Other Musings On Drugs
Yes, the "On" Puns Here (Maybe)
Do you know about gas station heroin in the US? No not the fossil fuels we all are addicted to.
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11.10.2025 10:52 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Diane Keaton
R.I.P.
11.10.2025 19:05 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Quality can count, too, for an audience as well as numbers. This is a good post, and the artwork at the blog also is reliably good.
08.10.2025 17:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Every Day is a GOOD Day β Hilaritas Press
Without giving further notice as to where they have moved, both Bobs have changed their cosmic address. Fortunate for those staying behind and all newcomers, Hilaritas Press continues to publish the books of Robert Anton Wilson, and recently, a new book by Robert Shea:
"Every Day is a GOOD Day." βοΈβ¨
07.10.2025 12:44 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Notes on Robert Anton Wilson and Pynchon's Vineland
The perennial enigma of influence or coincidence?
By @r-michael-johnson.bsky.social: "A speculative essay on how Robert Anton Wilson MIGHT have been an influence on Thomas Pynchon. Wilson was in awe of Pynchon and was influenced by him; of course we know bupkis about most of Pynchonβs influences." overweeninggeneralist.substack.com/p/notes-on-r...
07.10.2025 16:21 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Notes on Robert Anton Wilson and Pynchon's Vineland
The perennial enigma of influence or coincidence?
By @r-michael-johnson.bsky.social: "A speculative essay on how Robert Anton Wilson MIGHT have been an influence on Thomas Pynchon. Wilson was in awe of Pynchon and was influenced by him; of course we know bupkis about most of Pynchonβs influences." overweeninggeneralist.substack.com/p/notes-on-r...
07.10.2025 16:21 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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"This is Bureaucracy," said Dionysus, and he smashed his wine jug in anger; beside him, his lynx glared balefully.
- from the Illuminatus! trilogy,
by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
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07.10.2025 08:23 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Every Day Is A Good Day, by Robert Shea
A collection by the Illuminatus! co-writer, edited by Tom Jackson (Hilaritas Press; 2025; 347 pages)
Overweening Generalist reviews the book βEvery Day Is A Good Dayβ by Robert Shea, edited by Tom Jackson. Been running a bit amok lately in purchasing loads of books. I wanted to restrain myself for the rest of 2025. I think this one will be (yet another) exception
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05.10.2025 08:17 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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Michael Johnson asks over at his excellent Overweening Generalist (OG) Substack. I ask myself this question quite often. The hope to (re-)discover cool, interesting, far out stuff is my main reason to even bother with social media. This is a refreshing wellspring!
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05.10.2025 08:31 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Every Day Is A Good Day, by Robert Shea
A collection by the Illuminatus! co-writer, edited by Tom Jackson (Hilaritas Press; 2025; 347 pages)
It's too early to tell how well my new book will do, a collection of pieces by "Illuminatus!" co-author Robert Shea, but I already have succeeded in getting a well-written and thoughtful review. Thank you, Michael Johnson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
05.10.2025 18:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks for sharing this. I loved the Cars. Tried to get an interview with Ric Ocasek once.
05.10.2025 23:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Every Day Is A Good Day, by Robert Shea
A collection by the Illuminatus! co-writer, edited by Tom Jackson (Hilaritas Press; 2025; 347 pages)
It's too early to tell how well my new book will do, a collection of pieces by "Illuminatus!" co-author Robert Shea, but I already have succeeded in getting a well-written and thoughtful review. Thank you, Michael Johnson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
05.10.2025 18:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Every Day is a GOOD Day: Robert Shea on Illuminatus! Writing and Anarchism
Every Day is a GOOD Day: Robert Shea on Illuminatus! Writing and Anarchism eBook : Shea, Robert, Jackson, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Briefly breaking my break from social media, as I see this Robert Shea anthology is now available (ed. Tom Jackson @jacksontom.bsky.social). Aside from his co-authorship of Illuminatus!, I'm not too familiar with Shea's work. But the blurbs here seem warmly endorsing: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQRNL8VP
30.09.2025 18:28 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A collection of Robert Shea's writing came out today. I blurbed it. Check it out here: www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...
23.09.2025 12:20 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Republicans support free speech, unless it offends them
Vice President J.D. Vance and Sen. Cynthia Lummis are among the latest conservatives to turn their backs on free speech when it comes to their ideological opponents.
Republicans have long cast themselves as defenders of free speech against cancel culture and the censorial impulses of the political left.
But now conservatives apparently see no problem policing speech, at least when they're the ones who are offended. reason.pub/46fkP2Z
19.09.2025 21:13 β π 21 π 10 π¬ 4 π 2
At RAWIllumination.net, the blog about Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea:
RAW bio now in Spanish:
www.rawillumination.net/2025/09/raw-...
New 'Tales of Illuminatus' comic book news:
www.rawillumination.net/2025/09/tale...
An 'Illuminatus!' anniversary:
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19.09.2025 21:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
When the FCC pressured Disney to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air, it crossed the line from free choice to government coercion, explains Catoβs constitutional expert Thomas Berry. Free speech thrives on open debate β not on threats from those in power.
19.09.2025 21:31 β π 43 π 21 π¬ 1 π 2
βPhysics as Metaphorβ & RAW
Some thoughts on Roger Jonesβs βPhysics as Metaphorβ, a rarely mentioned but influential book for Robert Anton Wilsonβ¦
'Physics as Metaphor' & RAW -- new long post on a rarely mentioned book that influenced Wilson. "Is space-time really real?" Do Wilson's chair & Jones's table have the answers? Find out here! Plus bonus DIY-Dada montages! rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/09/03/p...
03.09.2025 14:39 β π 18 π 8 π¬ 2 π 0
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27.08.2025 17:07 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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