[Wikipedia Daily Article] August 27: The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson primarily between 1969 and 1971. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex- and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, which hinge around the authors' version of the Illuminati. The narrative often switches between third and first person perspectives and jumps around in time. It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology and Discordianism. The trilogy comprises the books The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple and Leviathan. The popularity of the word "fnord" and the 23 enigma can both be attributed to the trilogy. It remains a seminal work of conspiracy fiction, predating Foucault's Pendulum and The Da Vinci Code by decades. Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus%21_Trilogy _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1776: British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington in the Battle of Long Island. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island) 1896: Zanzibar surrendered within an hour after the Anglo-Zanzibar War broke out. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar) 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, was signed by 60 nations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg-Briand_Pact) 1939: Experimental jetplane Heinkel He 178 became the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_178) 1985: The Nigerian government of Muhammadu Buhari was overthrown by Ibrahim Babangida. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida) _____________________ Wikiquote of the day: "Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth." -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel)