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Robert Shea


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
February 14, 1933

Died
March 09, 1994

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Robert Joseph Shea was a novelist and journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings. ...more

Average rating: 4.02 · 25,003 ratings · 1,462 reviews · 67 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Illuminatus! Trilogy

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4.01 avg rating — 16,274 ratings — published 1983 — 22 editions
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The Eye in the Pyramid (Ill...

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3.82 avg rating — 3,257 ratings — published 1975 — 27 editions
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The Golden Apple (Illuminat...

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4.16 avg rating — 1,800 ratings — published 1975 — 25 editions
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Leviathan (Illuminatus, #3)

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4.11 avg rating — 1,369 ratings — published 1975 — 30 editions
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Time of the Dragons (Shike 1)

4.30 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions
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Shike (Shike #1-2)

4.40 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions
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Last of the Zinja (Shike 2)

4.32 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions
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All Things Are Lights

3.95 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions
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The Saracen: Land of the In...

4.02 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions
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Shaman

3.87 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
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“She was a woman with red hair and green eyes— the traits which Satan supposedly relished most in mortal females.”
Robert Joseph Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid

“An archaeologist is a ghoul with credentials.”
Robert Shea

“Well...ignorance is an evil," said Joe.
"Not when it can be acknowledged and accepted," said Hagbard. "In order to eat, you have to be hungry. In order to learn, you have to be ignorant.Ignorance is a condition of learning. Pain is a condition of health. Passion is a condition of thought. Death is a condition of life...”
Robert Shea, The Illuminatus! Trilogy

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