# RIP Robert Anton Wilson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041 "2007-03-15T15:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/1 "2007-03-15T15:10:02Z")
[Robert Anton Wilson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) passed away in January – I just found out about it (see second page of [thread), and I don’t recall any RIP thread from January. Better late than never. I’m really bummed. We’ve lost a great imagination and a great sense of humor. Wilson’s books – and not just the [url=[The Illuminatus! Trilogy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus%21_Trilogy)]_Illuminatus!_](]this[/url) trilogy – got me through a lot of rough times. Any other RAW fans here? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/2 "2007-03-15T15:21:30Z")
I actually did do an RIP thread ([link here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403686)) at the time. I’m a fan, and rediscovering RAW’s writing after he died has made a big difference in my life. I rediscovered Discordianism in a way I didn’t think I could. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/3 "2007-03-15T15:35:07Z")
I met him in 1989 in San Francisco, and left the encounter wondering how a guy who knew the stuff that he did couldn’t be a completely cynical bastard. Instead he was warm and funny and kind. I think he believed that, eventually, the human race would work out their various dysfunctions instead of succumbing to them and de-evolving. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/4 "2007-03-15T15:51:11Z")
In honor of the upcoming holiday, here’s RAW’s take on The Lemon Order. [www.hellshaw.com/lemon/raw.html](http://www.hellshaw.com/lemon/raw.html) (Based, of course, on another Order named after a citrus fruit.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/5 "2007-03-15T17:04:32Z")
☹ I didn’t know he died. I knew he was gravely ill but his death went unnoticed by me. I really enjoyed and admired his books and articles and there was a time when I visited his website every day. He was a brilliant mind with a witty and wicked sense of humor. I guess this time the reports of his death are true. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-anton-wilson/396041/6 "2007-03-15T20:46:22Z")
What!? I didn’t know! Of course, in time we will learn that RAW was actually quints, & at least one of them is still alive through arcane means…