Schrodingers Cat Trilogy by Robert
Anton Wilson
Operation Mf Continues...
The sequel to the cult classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy, this is an epic
fantasy that offers a twisted look at our modern-day world--a reality that
exists in another dimension of time and space that may be closer than we
think.
Personal Review: Schrodingers Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton
Wilson
After reading The Illuminatus! Trilogy, I stared at my copy of
Schroedinger's Cat and wondered how the hell Bob could top the 800-
page work of lunacy he had created with Robert Shea. Of course, I
shouldn't have doubted Bob; anyone who has read his books knows how
he can construct the most meaningful anecdotes and stories from
seemingly random and uninteresting information. This book is no different.

When I started reading this book, I assumed that the story would have to
do with Schroedinger's Cat (obviously), but I didn't understand the novel's
structure until I reached page 80 and the book ended, only to start again in
a different world (which I know sounds strange; read it if you want to
understand). The plot of this novel seems entirely random, and up to a
certain point it is, but it has more structure than would seem at first glance.
Like Illuminatus!, it would require a great deal of analysis and scholarship
to unravel the ever-knotted threads of Schroedinger's Cat, and I know few
who have the time to do that. Still, it's quite an enjoyable read, even if you
never know fully what the hell is going on.
As is usual for Robert Anton Wilson books, Schroedinger's Cat is side-
splittingly funny. Perhaps the funniest part of the book is how characters
change from world to world. For instance, in one world, Epicene
Wildeblood is a debonair ladies' man. In a different world, Epicene is now
a she, Mary Margaret Wildeblood, after a sex change. Even historical
figures in the novel change depending on the world. James Joyce, in one
world, was a minor composer. In another, Ezra Pound was not a famous
poet; he was a famous folksinger. In yet another, Aleister Crowley was not
an infamous occultist, but instead a British general who was the first
person to reach the North Pole, which he claimed was inhabited by little
green people when he got there (if you laugh at that, you will appreciate
the book's humor).
It's hard to put together a review of this book, because there's no
continuous plot (at least not in the ordinary sense). Characters disappear
for (sometimes literally) hundreds of pages, then reappear as if nothing
happened. It's very disorienting and why I waited several months after
reading the book to actually review it. I thought that "sitting on my
thoughts," allowing them to formulate, would help. Instead, I find that I've
forgotten half of what went on in the book. Oh, memory, how thou hast
robbed me!
Anyway, before I start to ramble, let me say that this is a good book for all
science-fiction fans to read, since it is actual SCIENCE fiction (i.e. it
involves quite complicated issues of quantum mechanics). I would
recommend it to anyone with an IQ of 250 or a Ph.D. in rocket science. If
you're like me and have neither, it's still a great novel. It just won't make
full sense until you understand Bob's philosophy of neurological model
agnosticism and quantum mechanics.
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