# Illuminatus!...The Series??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778 "2019-12-12T20:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/1 "2019-12-12T20:00:49Z")

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[It looks like they are adapting Shea and Wilson’s _Illuminatus!_ trilogy for television.](https://www.cbr.com/illuminatus-trilogy-hivemind-tv-adaptation/)

Hail Eris!

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/2 "2019-12-12T22:22:12Z")

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Are there enough drugs in the world to handle this?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/3 "2019-12-12T22:30:26Z")

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I always thought _Stranger In A Strange Land_ would be adapted first.  
Hell, I thought _Finnegans Wake_ had a better chance.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/4 "2019-12-13T00:41:14Z")

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Will there be 23 episodes?

And will it be sponsored by FnORD?

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/5 "2019-12-13T12:29:04Z")

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I thought the books were only intermittently amusing, but maybe they can be improved upon by removing some of the chaff for television.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/6 "2019-12-13T12:33:05Z")

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> [@hogarth](#):
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> I thought the books were only intermittently amusing, but maybe they can be improved upon by removing some of the chaff for television.

They could kick out the JAMS for a start.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778/7 "2019-12-13T16:11:53Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [It looks like they are adapting Shea and Wilson’s _Illuminatus!_ trilogy for television.](https://www.cbr.com/illuminatus-trilogy-hivemind-tv-adaptation/)
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> Hail Eris!

To be sponsored by Preparation H and Depends no doubt. Those of us who read those books when they came out are old now.