Paperback, 320 pages
Published Oct. 28, 1976 by Sphere.
Illuminatus! Part 1 - The Eye in the Pyramid
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It was a fatal mistake. Joseph Malik, editor of a radical Magazine, dug deep into rumors of a secret order that turned out to be active still. Now his office has been bombed, he is missing, and the case has landed with a tough and cynical New York detective. Saul Goodman knows he's stumbled upon something big ...
The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: [The Eye in the Pyramid (][1]first two books), [The Golden Apple][2] (third and part of fourth book), [Leviathan][3] (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, designed to honor libertarian science fiction.[2]
The authors went …
It was a fatal mistake. Joseph Malik, editor of a radical Magazine, dug deep into rumors of a secret order that turned out to be active still. Now his office has been bombed, he is missing, and the case has landed with a tough and cynical New York detective. Saul Goodman knows he's stumbled upon something big ...
The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: [The Eye in the Pyramid (][1]first two books), [The Golden Apple][2] (third and part of fourth book), [Leviathan][3] (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, designed to honor libertarian science fiction.[2]
The authors went on to write several works, both fiction and nonfiction, that dealt further with the themes of the trilogy, but they did not write any direct sequels.
Illuminatus! has been adapted for the stage, as an audio book and has influenced several modern writers, artists, musicians, and games-makers. The popularity of the word "fnord" and the 23 enigma can both be attributed to the trilogy.
[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL15331404W/Illuminatus!_Part_I [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL8123082W/Illuminatus!_Part_II [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL8123083W/Illuminatus!_Part_III
