[UA] Historical Ascensions

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 03:17 PM 2/24/99 -0500, Brian A Joughin wrote:
>> > *grin* Can the Illuminatus Trilogy be at all considered required
>> > reading for UA?

Wrong tone.

>> </editorial on>
>> 
>> God I hope not, as I consider it an incredibly self-indulgent
>> exercise in poorly written tripe that is bloated, confused and
>> declared "great" based more on the concept of its existence than
>> ther terribly poor line-by-line writing.  It's a sophomore English 
>> assignment run amuck.
>> 
>> </editorial off>

I dunno, I kind of liked it.

>I would much more strongly recommend Robert Wilson's quasi-nonfiction
>"Everything's Under Control: Cults, Conspiracies, and CoverUps"  It's sort
>of a conspiriologists encyclopedia.

Yeah, except that he read someone's "Mage" web page and took it seriously
at one point...

-G.
1899 Phrenologist: Your son has the sloping forehead of a sexual deviant:
better put him in an asylum.
1999 Gene Therapist: Your fetus has the "date rape" gene.  Better abort.