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A review by larsinio
Schrödinger's Cat 1: The Universe Next Door by Robert Anton Wilson
4.0
A low Four stars because i really liked it, but im also a big RAW and Illuminatus! Fan. Deduct 1.5 stars if you are not.
This is a wild, hard to follow at times, setup for a great cross-reality quantum
I do not think anyone should read this book without reading the Illuminatus! Trilogy and also the pseudo-non-fiction Prometheus Rising. I heartily recommend both. SC has so many references to both of these books, to the point where you lose plot meaning if you dont have those already read.
I can see why SC is sold/packaged as a trilogy, as opposed to 3 standalone books as originally - this first book isnt much of a fiction book, as it is a setup. Chapters are often just 1-2 pages, and offer just a quantum slice of one reality (or more) from one characters point of view (or more).
Where illuminatus! would change perspective sometimes from sentence to sentence, this book is a bit more reservered in structure and tries to only shift perspective between chapters.
Sometimes.
Sometimes you have pages of 8 conversations happening simultaneously in the same room, across 8 realities, not in the same room. Yeah.
Its wild, can you dig?
Perhaps a bit too much sex in this book, maybe not enough politics or other content. Illuminatus seemed to have the ratios a bit better proportioned. But it often can be skipped if neeeded, however its mostly used to inject a visceral comedy into the flow of the book.
I appreciate a trans character is a main character, and treated rather modern and normal, aside from the RAW zanyness. Very progressive. However, women are more often than not, but not always, sexual aspirations and desires and objects of lust - comes off a bit one dimensional. But RAW is far far away from the outright sexism of say Heinlein.
Its a wild book, and im not quite sure what its all about , but I sure do want to know.
P.S. I love this books version of Ralph Nader, Lousewort, with all the fake quotes from his book "Unsafe wherever you go"
This is a wild, hard to follow at times, setup for a great cross-reality quantum
I do not think anyone should read this book without reading the Illuminatus! Trilogy and also the pseudo-non-fiction Prometheus Rising. I heartily recommend both. SC has so many references to both of these books, to the point where you lose plot meaning if you dont have those already read.
I can see why SC is sold/packaged as a trilogy, as opposed to 3 standalone books as originally - this first book isnt much of a fiction book, as it is a setup. Chapters are often just 1-2 pages, and offer just a quantum slice of one reality (or more) from one characters point of view (or more).
Where illuminatus! would change perspective sometimes from sentence to sentence, this book is a bit more reservered in structure and tries to only shift perspective between chapters.
Sometimes.
Sometimes you have pages of 8 conversations happening simultaneously in the same room, across 8 realities, not in the same room. Yeah.
Its wild, can you dig?
Perhaps a bit too much sex in this book, maybe not enough politics or other content. Illuminatus seemed to have the ratios a bit better proportioned. But it often can be skipped if neeeded, however its mostly used to inject a visceral comedy into the flow of the book.
I appreciate a trans character is a main character, and treated rather modern and normal, aside from the RAW zanyness. Very progressive. However, women are more often than not, but not always, sexual aspirations and desires and objects of lust - comes off a bit one dimensional. But RAW is far far away from the outright sexism of say Heinlein.
Its a wild book, and im not quite sure what its all about , but I sure do want to know.
P.S. I love this books version of Ralph Nader, Lousewort, with all the fake quotes from his book "Unsafe wherever you go"