The Illuminati finally win.

January 14, 2007 6:18 PM

Robert Anton Wilson has shuffled off this mortal coil. I hope his work here was done.
posted by ashbury (31 comments total)

Wilson is giving Brown a run for his money, you have to admit.
posted by cortex at 6:20 PM on January 14, 2007

What, again?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:21 PM on January 14, 2007

If he keeps dying like this, I might just be tempted to finally read some of his stuff.
posted by yhbc at 6:21 PM on January 14, 2007

For those new to his thoughts, pick up the Illuminus! trilogy. Also check out his online library.
posted by ashbury at 6:22 PM on January 14, 2007

damn fnords. and i spelled illuminatus wrong. delete away.
posted by ashbury at 6:23 PM on January 14, 2007

Ok, now it's starting to get funny.
posted by billysumday at 6:25 PM on January 14, 2007

The Illuminati don't want you to know about this! Delete the post, brother Mathowie!
posted by anthill at 6:27 PM on January 14, 2007

thanx for the library and the laughs ashbury. May this post RIP.
posted by Mister_A at 6:27 PM on January 14, 2007

Just 2 more to go :)
posted by empath at 6:28 PM on January 14, 2007

Does any of this have something to do with pickles?
posted by davy at 6:28 PM on January 14, 2007

so, uh, how many times has he died over the last two days?
posted by ashbury at 6:30 PM on January 14, 2007

Hail Eris!
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:33 PM on January 14, 2007

If I've been keeping up properly, this would be the 4th time this was posted here.
posted by bob sarabia at 6:34 PM on January 14, 2007

Holy Sweet mother of crap guys, sorry to derail this thread but I just found out Robert Anton Wilson is dead.
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:34 PM on January 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

2 down, 21 to go...
posted by dvdgee at 6:34 PM on January 14, 2007

Is it 4? I thought it was three. It would be fitting to have five.
posted by empath at 6:35 PM on January 14, 2007

Are we in record-breaking double territory yet?
posted by The Deej at 6:35 PM on January 14, 2007

This sentence is not true.
posted by First Post at 6:37 PM on January 14, 2007

He's all up in Generalissimo Francisco Franco's face, stealing his meme.
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:38 PM on January 14, 2007

1, 2, 3
posted by bob sarabia at 6:39 PM on January 14, 2007

Can we talk about Victoria Carver now?
posted by Dizzy at 6:41 PM on January 14, 2007

I saw this alrdy old shit.
posted by Kibbutz at 6:45 PM on January 14, 2007

This fpp was not deleted.
posted by empath at 6:47 PM on January 14, 2007

[R.A.W. emerges from Scottish loch with four battalions of Nazi soldiers, who had been lying dormant at the bottom for 60 years.]
posted by ZenMasterThis at 6:47 PM on January 14, 2007

And he ain't smellin' so good at this point.
posted by 2sheets at 6:51 PM on January 14, 2007

last
posted by edgeways at 6:53 PM on January 14, 2007

More resurrections than Jesus!
posted by loquacious at 6:56 PM on January 14, 2007

look, he just wants to make sure he gets it right ... a couple of more times and then he'll really die
posted by pyramid termite at 7:01 PM on January 14, 2007

didn't someone somewhere post a site with all the deleted metafilter threads? probably useful to include that in the search ...
posted by kolophon at 7:01 PM on January 14, 2007

People really love to post obit threads.
posted by smackfu at 7:11 PM on January 14, 2007

Who?
posted by Otis at 7:12 PM on January 14, 2007