Masks of the Illuminati

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Masks of the Illuminati

1990 paperback edition
Author	Robert Anton Wilson
Language	English
Genre	science fiction
Published	1981 (Dell Publishing)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN	0-440-50306-X (1990 edition)
OCLC	21615729

Masks of the Illuminati is a 1981 novel by Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy and over thirty other influential books. Although not a sequel to the earlier work, it does expand information on many of the topics referred to in the trilogy.

The novel features numerous real-life historical figures in its narrative, including a first person description of reality by scientist Albert Einstein and Irish author James Joyce, while the plot involves English author and occultist Aleister Crowley, British nobles, the Loch Ness Monster and mystical experiences.

The plot revolves primarily around the description by a young English gentleman, Sir John Babcock, of his initiation into the Argenteum Astrum. Ancestors of Sir John are major characters in The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles.

Greg Costikyan reviewed Masks of the Illuminati in Ares Magazine #9 and commented that "Masks of the Illuminati is an essentially minor work by a master, but for all of that makes amusing and thoughtful reading. Those unacquainted with Wilson's work would do well to pick up a copy."^[1]

• Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, September 1981^[2]
• Review by Tom Easton (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 7, 1981

• Covers of other editions