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The sequel to the cult classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy, this is an epic fantasy that offers a twisted look at our modern-day world--a reality that exists in another dimension of time and space that may be closer than we think.
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The Strange Changes of Schrodinger's Cat,
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This review is from: Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy: "The Universe Next Door", "The Trick Top Hat", & "The Homing Pigeons" (Paperback)
When I first encountered the Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, it wasin the form of the original Bantam paperbacks, now out of print. The first volume I saw, "The Universe Next Door," scared the bejeezus out of me with its quirky way of seeing reality, so badly that I hastily put down the book and did not explore the works of that author again for at least five years more. The second encounter I had was with the paperback "The Trick Top Hat," which I bought from a used book store. It opened me up philosophically AND sexually--it had some very explicit erotic references. Sadly, though the full text of "The Universe Next Door" seems to have made the journey from 3-volume paperback to 1-volume Dell softcover intact, the same cannot be said of the erotic passages in "The Trick Top Hat." Additionally, a great deal of the material in the original paperback "The Homing Pigeons" does not appear in the Dell softcover . . . although Wilson had abandoned much of the frank eroticism of the "second" book by then. The disappearance of these words from the newer edition, and
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Pynchon+Adams=Wilson?,
By Jim Conant (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy: "The Universe Next Door", "The Trick Top Hat", & "The Homing Pigeons" (Paperback)
This trilogy is essentially a cross between "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Gravity's Rainbow." It is an extremely quick read, narrated with a dry humor and interpersed with various musings about the nature of reality. I can't say that the author introduced me to any new philosophical or scientific ideas. Partly this is because many of the ideas have since seeped into pop culture where they became oversimplified and degraded. For instance the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is by now old hat, and has formed the subject of several other books. Also, the similarity of human sociology with that of other primates is not really news to anybody nowadays. The trilogy's main worth therefore seems to be in the humor, a humor which is intensified by the intelligence behind it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
they're greeaaaaaaaaaaat,
By theworld (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy: "The Universe Next Door", "The Trick Top Hat", & "The Homing Pigeons" (Paperback)
I don't know why people think that these books will make you insane, they can only open the eyes. I really loved the part where death and taxes become a thing of the past (and the government becomes useful).
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