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From Mein Kampf to The Unabomber Manifesto, what is the best banned book or controversial book you have read? This could also be something you don't agree with but still think is worth reading.

From _Mein Kampf_ to _The Unabomber Manifesto_, what is the best banned book or controversial book you have read? This could also be something you don't agree with but still think is worth reading.

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The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson is probably my go to answer on this question. It's easier to read than The Illuminatus! Trilogy (though it still requires a bit of period knowledge) and is arguably one of the more profound social commentary pieces/quantum puzzles that's ever been presented in literary form. Pretty much everyone I have handed this book to has handed it back to me after about 60 pages, telling me that it's unreadable. Except for the last person...which explains why I do not have a printed copy of it at the moment.

If you've read it, there are actually individual unabridged versions of the books out there. I have never laid eyes on them, but they allegedly contain quite a bit more material and are a wholly different experience to paw through.

[–] Middle_Pillar 3 points (+3|-0)

I've only read his Prometheus Rising. I definitely want more RAW in my life.

RAW is the man! He lives on! His mission accomplished, we still talk of him!

[–] Middle_Pillar 2 points (+2|-0)

He really is awesome. I find myself holding the same philosophy (or absence of) the more I go through life.