Robert Anton Wilson is dead!
My favorite author has died. Evidently on January 12th. Man, I can’t BELIEVE slashdot didn’t have something on this and I missed it. Fucking crazy world.
I’ve never been so sad to hear of someone not family dying. I really can’t explain it…but his books hit me at just the right point in my life, they are some of the few books that have actually affected me. Some people get it, some people don’t, and others just think he/we was/are/were/when crazy.
Man. Hail Eris. I’ll miss you Bob.
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