Back ثلاثية إلوميناتوس Arabic The Illuminatus! Trilogy Czech Illuminatus! German Trilogía Illuminatus! Spanish Illuminatus! Finnish Illuminatus ! French Trilogia degli Illuminati Italian Trylogia Illuminatus! Polish Иллюминатус! Russian The Illuminatus! Trilogy SIMPLE
 First collected edition, 1984 | |
| Authors | Robert Shea Robert Anton Wilson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Carlos Victor Ochagavia (1975 paperbacks) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | satire, science fiction |
| Publisher | Dell Publishing |
Publication date | 1975 (individual volumes); 1984 (collected edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 805 pages (paperback collected edition) |
| ISBN | 1-56731-237-3 (hardback collected edition), ISBN 1-85487-574-4 (paperback collected edition) |
| OCLC | 39505921 |
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975.[1] 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, related to the authors' version of the Illuminati. The narrative often switches between third- and first-person perspectives in a nonlinear narrative. It is thematically dense, covering topics like counterculture, numerology, and Discordianism.
The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: The Eye in the Pyramid (first two books), The Golden Apple (third and part of fourth book), Leviathan (part of fourth and all of fifth book, and the appendices). The parts were first published as three separate volumes starting in September 1975. In 1984 they were published as an omnibus edition and are now more commonly reprinted in the latter form. In 1986 the trilogy won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.[2] The authors further dealt with its themes in fiction and non-fiction works.
Illuminatus! has been adapted for the stage and as an audio book, and has influenced several modern writers, artists, musicians, and game-makers. The popularity of the word "fnord" and the 23 enigma can both be attributed to the trilogy.
- ^ Illuminatus! was written between 1969 and 1971, but not published until 1975 according to Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977), p. 145. ISBN 1-56184-003-3
- ^ Libertarian Futurist Society Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 21 February 2006.