![]() ![]() ![]() You need to be on your toes, but it's probably best to just "roll with it" and not spend overlong trying to tie every piece together. This may make it difficult for readers who feel that whatever Wilson and Shea are getting at isn't worth the headache. As such, it jumps between characters, places, and times, sometimes mid-paragraph, sometimes entering stream-of-consciousness. The narrative is experimental Wilson has an obvious admiration of Joyce that shows up not just here, but also in his lectures and more autobiographical books. ![]() This book invites the reader to become more skeptical, but also to start thinking about what he or she thinks about the world and why. When it finally does start moving along, the reader finds his- or her-self bombarded with multiple, conflicting realities and extremist, revolutionary politics from all points of the spectrum. When I recommend this book, it's usually with the caveat that the authors are sort of bumbling about and finding their feet for the first 80 or so pages. It is campy sci-fi, saturated with gratuitous sex scenes, psychedelia, conspiracy theories, counterculture etc. I'm re-reading this now, and felt I should clarify my position on this book, as I often list it as one of my favorites. ![]()
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