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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
One of the most philosophically meaningful sci-fi novels I ever read is the Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
It is a mindfuck.
After 200 pages I was like, "what is happening here? This book is telling 40 separate stories, then after about 500 pages, I was like "Oh man, This is getting more and more complex, and I do not know how it will all tie together," and then by the end I was thinking, "Jesus fuck these two guys have rewritten my brain's software.
I have never been the same.
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Ok, I really don't want to sound prickish, but come on... Of course I've read Illuminatus. It's a great suggestion, but I guess I would rank it (along with "the Man in the High Castle," "the Difference Engine," and pretty much everything by Jules Verne and Wells) among the books that people should simply take for granted that long-time SF fans have read.
It's a great book, absolutely. If there's a Hitchhiker's guide for alt-history fans it's Illuminatus.