Robert Joseph Shea était un romancier et journaliste reconnu pour sa contribution à la trilogie culte de science-fantasy qu'il a coécrite. Sa prose, souvent située dans des paysages historiques exotiques, se caractérise par des récits captivants et un esprit d'aventure. Shea s'est principalement concentré sur des romans d'action, mêlant habilement des éléments historiques à la fiction. Ses œuvres reflètent un profond engagement envers des intrigues complexes et des mondes fascinants qui captivent les lecteurs.
Filled with sex and violence--in and out of time and space--the three books of The Illuminatus are only partly works of the imagination. They tackle all the coverups of our time--from who really shot the Kennedys to why there's a pyramid on a one-dollar bill.
The ultimate weapon isn't this plague out in Vegas, or any new super H-bomb. The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences. - Hagbard Celine, Leviathan Illuminatus! Part III cheerfully ushers in the apocalyptic high-camp conclusion of the Illuminatus! Trilogy. The 9th and 10th Trips are performed by a grand ensemble cast. The Appendices (which are most instructive) are performed by the incomparable Ken Campbell, bringing the audiobook trilogy full circle. The Illuminati has never looked so good. All Hail Eris!
Great efforts are now being put forward to found a "Garden City," which shall be a veritable Eden planted in the midst of orchards, and whose inhabitants shall live in comfort and comparative repose. And beautiful and laudable are all such efforts when they are prompted by unselfish love. But such a city cannot exist, or cannot long remain the Eden which it aims to be in its outward form, unless the majority of its inhabitants have subdued and conquered the inward selfishness.......
"If baseball can have a designated hitter, why can't science fiction have a designated underground classic? Well, apparently it can, and Illuminatus! is its name." - Booklist It was a deadly mistake. Joseph Malik, editor of a radical magazine, had snooped into rumors about an ancient secret society that was still alive and kicking. Now his offices have been bombed, he's missing, and the case has landed in the lap of a tough, cynical, streetwise New York detective. Saul Goodman knows he's stumbled onto something big - but even he can't guess how far into the pinnacles of power this conspiracy of evil has penetrated. Filled with sex and violence - in and out of time and space - the three books of The Illuminatus! Trilogy are only partly works of the imagination. They tackle all the cover-ups of our time — from who really shot the Kennedys to why there's a pyramid on a one-dollar bill — and suggest a mind-blowing truth. "An epic fantasy... a devilishly funny work, loaded with humor, puns, up-level ironies that make you burst out laughing." - New Age Journal
Spannender, historisch fundierter Indianer- und Abenteuerroman.
Ein fesselnder, farbenprächtiger Roman um einen Mann, der als Sohn eines Weißen und einer Indianerin zwischen den Rassen steht.
Robert Shea, Meister des historischen Romanes, erzählt die dramatische Geschichte der blutjungen Yang Guei Fei, die im 8. Jahrhundert von der Schwiegertochter zur Hauptfrau des chinesischen Kaisers Li Longji aufsteigt. Ihre ungewöhnliche Liebe ist Zielscheibe von Neidern und politischen Intriganten.
Das Auge in der Pyramide / Der goldene Apfel / Leviathan
23! Alles hängt mit allem zusammen – die Ermordung des US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy, die Freimaurer, der Untergang von Atlantis, die Symbole auf dem Dollarschein und natürlich die Zahl 23. Und alles hat damit zu tun, dass eine geheime Gruppierung versucht, den Weltuntergang auszulösen, während eine andere die Menschheit zur Erleuchtung führen will. Diese Romantrilogie wurde zu Recht zu dem Kultbuch für alle Verschwörungstheoretiker! Wenn man diese phantastisch-witzigen Romane noch nicht kennt, braucht man sie spätestens jetzt – SUCHTPOTENZIAL!
