Robert Shea

Robert Shea
Robert Shea was an American novelist and editor best known for co-authoring the cult classic "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" with Robert Anton Wilson. The trilogy, blending conspiracy theories, science fiction, and countercultural themes, has become influential in both literature and alternative subcultures. In addition to "Illuminatus!", Shea wrote historical novels such as "Shike" and "All Things Are Lights." Before his writing career, Shea worked as an editor for Playboy magazine and was deeply interested in history, mysticism, and anarchism.

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Raging, Trooper Lane hovered three thousand feet above Tammany Square. The cool cybrain surgically implanted in him was working on the problem. But Lane had no more patience. They'd sweat, he thought, hating the chill air-currents that threw his hovering body this way and that. He glared down at the three towers bordering on the Square. He spat, and watched the little white speck fall, fall. Lock... more...

"You're a fascinating person," the girl said. "I've never met anyone like you before. Tell me your story again." The man was short and stocky, with Asiatic features and a long, stringy mustache. "The whole story?" he asked. "It would take a lifetime to tell you." He stared out the window at the yellow sun and the red sun. He still hadn't gotten used to... more...

"Our people will be arriving to visit us today," the robot said. "Shut up!" snapped Rod Rankin. He jumped, wiry and quick, out of the chair on his verandah and stared at a cloud of dust in the distance. "Our people—" the ten-foot, cylinder-bodied robot grated, when Rod Rankin interrupted him. "I don't care about your fool people," said Rankin. He squinted at the... more...