Never heard of him... what's his style? And recommend something good by him.Quote:
Originally posted by galathaea
I really hold the greates admiration for RAW. All of his works are CrAaZy!!
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Never heard of him... what's his style? And recommend something good by him.Quote:
Originally posted by galathaea
I really hold the greates admiration for RAW. All of his works are CrAaZy!!
Perhaps his most famous work is The Illuminatus Trilogy (in collaboration with Robert Shea). Another popular work of his is Cosmic Trigger, but he has written some other very fine works like The Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy and Willhelm Reich in He**. He writes both fiction and essays. His fiction is really psychedelic/libertarian oriented and he borrows the cut-up technique of Brion Gyson/William Burroughs alot. He's a futurist in many respects, but in a creative way.
To get a feel for his style, I would check out his web page at
http://www.rawilson.com/main.shtml
He's really a must read!
sounds interesting, I'm always looking for a good book ;)
The best book I've read lately would have to be Black Lotus by Laura Joh Rowland. I had never heard of her before, but this is truly an outstanding book. It's part of a series, and not the first, but the book stands on its own. It's a murder mystery in 17th century Japan involving a corrupt branch of Buddhism. The "Black Lotus Temple" is really a cult trying to conquer Edo (ancient Tokyo), while the Shogun's Detective is trying to determine the cause of some strange happenings recently in town. I won't ruin the action for you! Definitely a book worth checking out, if you have time to read.
I've read The Illuminatus Trilogy. It definitely has a unique style, very clever and creative. Pretty wacky, though. It jumps all over the place. The "chapters" of the book are based on drug trips. Psychedelic/libertarian is a good description.
I wouldn't know. But I feel like bush is making a run for it.Quote:
Who is the evilest person in history (fictional or real)?
aww, even the riddle thread is longer :/
Simon :(Quote:
Who is the evilest person in history (fictional or real)?
It is queen Beatrix from Holland. I say she shot Pim Fortuyn, got rid of her aging husband, made the government fall and will soon take off with billions of dollars (remember the budget deficit risk coming out of the blue) leaving Netherland as broke as Argentine and easy prey for an expansionist Belgium. :D :p
As you can see, I am the most evil person around.
I'd hardly call our weak pathetic queen evil muhahaha. She can't do anything anyways... Everything is decided by the government, she just exists out of historical and social (yuck yuck) reasons.
You are evil tho' :-) Go stand in the cornor. Shame on you for dissing such an old lady hehe
If I had such a fortune I could do a lot with that, you could put up a terrorist organization and buy nuclear warheads with that amount of money. Just a thought...Quote:
Originally posted by freaky_NL
She can't do anything anyways...
What government? :D :cool:Quote:
Originally posted by freaky_NL
Everything is decided by the government,...
Is she still alive I mean is she still alive ? Who is Pim Fortuyn so that shooting him/her makes one wicked ? Many women are in the habit of getting rid of their husbands that would render half the women folk evil.Quote:
It is queen Beatrix from Holland.
How many take off with billions of dollars belonging to companies, countries, individuals :rolleyes:
But who will set his cats on you ....
Who rides bicycles in the night ...
Who keeps rodents just to hear them shriek under 1000 volts ...
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
You're not from europe are you? :-) Yea Beatrix is still alive. Her husband Klaus died recently. Pim Fortuyn was a new radical strongly opinioned politician (especially where emmigrants/refugees are concerned) who could have had a lot votes. His party (which was new) still got a lot of votes even though somebody decided to shoot him.Quote:
Is she still alive I mean is she still alive ? Who is Pim Fortuyn so that shooting him/her makes one wicked ?
Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide....
By the way, I need to mention something, as we are discussing evil people (again) for a moment. It appears in the USA people (read : lousy conservatives) grab any chance they can to be able to forbid certain games such as UT. If it were up to them, we would play paintball in UT. :mad: I think those people are as dangerous as the sniper himself. (slight exageration, no flame war please)
AFAIC you're absolutely right Simon. They also forbid you to commit suicide, drink nitro glycerine, piss fire, whatever. If I wanna die painfully that's my problem, I should be allowed to do that if I want that (not that i'm that sick haha, it's just the idea that I should be allowed, i don't want to). Heck, if I wanna go to the gas station and drink a couple of gallons they'll probably stop me in an institution.
Wonder how people invented things in the past.... They just had to drink it, inject it or whatever to find out what it did, didn't they?
It may be sick, very sick even, but if people want to and they don't harm others, what the heck?! Let em...
No I am not from Europe. Simon has already gone to great lengths to prove I am not from Spain, France, China and you have just picked I am not from Holland :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by freaky_NL
You're not from europe are you? :-) Yea Beatrix is still alive. Her husband Klaus died recently. Pim Fortuyn was a new radical strongly opinioned politician (especially where emmigrants/refugees are concerned) who could have had a lot votes. His party (which was new) still got a lot of votes even though somebody decided to shoot him.
Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide....
Question is ... where the HE double toothpicks am I from :mad: