Three suggestions for readers new to RAW

I part of the weekend listening to the new Hilaritas podcast with Bobby Campbell (next month's podcast will feature Prop Anon/Gabriel Kennedy, author of the new Robert Anton Wilson biography). 

Much of Bobby's podcast was focused on Tales of Illuminatus, naturally, and I learned a lot about the kinds of artistic decisions Bobby had to make, and the logistics of trying to publish an indie comic. Bobby had to decide, for example, whether to keep the original 1970s setting or modernize it. He had to dramatize a book that largely consists of people sitting around talking. And apparently trying to publish an indie comic series, and keep it going, is quite difficult. Another Kickstarter is coming, but there's no timetable yet. 

Elsewhere in the interview, Mike Gathers asks Bobby to list three books he would recommend to people who have not read Wilson, and Bobby comes up with Masks of the Illuminati, Cosmic Trigger and Quantum Psychology. 

Here are my suggestions for the three:

Illuminatus!. Bobby and Mike talked about how it can be a daunting read, but for me and many others, it was a revolutionary one. If someone really appears to be unable to handle a challenging novel, then I guess I would go  with Masks of the Illuminati. 

Cosmic Trigger. Hard to argue with such a compelling read. I'm also very fond of the second Cosmic Trigger book. 

Email to the Universe. A particularly good collection, it seems to me, and a good introduction to RAW's range of interests.