| SEX AND ROCKETS: The Occult World of Jack Parsons John Carter Robert Anton Wilson (Intro.) Venice, CA: Feral House, 1999 |
Rating: 2.0 Fair |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-9229-1556-9 | ||||
| ISBN 0-9229-1556-3 | 229p. | HC/BWI | $24.95 | |
| Page xii: | "To leave the heady and trippy environment of chaps like van Vogt and Heinlein, and to encounter and endure the Official Reality of the U.S. of those days probably seemed to Parsons like time travel back into the Dark Ages. In that Official Reality, Christian piety and Capitalist predation coexisted as equally sacred Idols, even though they totally contradict one another. Stupidity, superstition and intolerance imprisoned most Americans in medieval squalor, both mental and economic; many humans did not have the 'humanity' that Parsons' friends would grant to technically sophisticated robots (e.g. all those humans who had darker complexions than Snow White ranked as non or sub-human {sic} in popular opinion and in law. We actually fought a war against fascism with a racially segregated army." |
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| – Robert Anton Wilson | |||
| Page 17: | "While waiting, Parsons and Forman launched their own powder rockets. Malina wrote, '[T]heir attitude is symptomatic of the anxiety of pioneers of new technological developments. In order to obtain support for their dreams, they are under pressure to demonstrate them before they can be technically accomplished.' " | ||
| – John Carter | |||
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