cooley@nmtvax.UUCP (02/15/85)
Does anyone out there in net-land have information on Colin Wilson? I have read 'The Outsider,' 'The Space Vampires,' 'The Mind Parasites,' and 'The Philosophers Stone'. Are there any more books out? Comments, slander, libel? - thaedeus zefuldar
gjerawlins@watdaisy.UUCP (Gregory J.E. Rawlins) (02/22/85)
In article <274@nmtvax.UUCP> cooley@nmtvax.UUCP (Michael D. Cooley) writes: >Does anyone out there in net-land have information on Colin Wilson? >I have read 'The Outsider,' 'The Space Vampires,' 'The Mind Parasites,' >and 'The Philosophers Stone'. Are there any more books out? Comments, >slander, libel? > > - thaedeus zefuldar The only two others that i have read are _The Killer_ and _The Occult_ . _The killer_ is a very upsetting novel about a psychotic rapist/murderer/scum (not to be *too* harsh :-) which Wilson did to see if he could get into the mind_set of such a person, he does a very good treatment of the killer much in the vein of _The Boston Strangler_ or _Helter Skelter_, it's really upsetting even though it's a novel and not based on any person. _The Occult_ shows Wilson's other side. It's a scholarly treatment of the role of the occult in human existence; it's also quite good. All in all Wilson is one strange bird. greg -- Gregory Rawlins CS Dept.,U.Waterloo,Waterloo,Ont.N2L3G1 (519)884-3852 gjerawlins%watdaisy@waterloo.csnet CSNET gjerawlins%watdaisy%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa ARPA {allegra|clyde|linus|inhp4|decvax}!watmath!watdaisy!gjerawlins UUCP
trb@cbscc.UUCP (Tom Balent) (02/22/85)
Colin Wilson followed "The Outsider" with five other books, they were all suppose to follow the same thread started in "The Outsider". I do not remember all of the titles (I have not read them, nor can I find them all), however the second was "Religion and the Rebel" and the last one is "Beyond the Outsider". These were all printed in the late 50's early 60's and are probably out of print. I have a list of these books somewhere, when I find it I'll mail to you. T. Balent - AT&T-NS Columbus, O
carl@pyuxww.UUCP (C Hoffman) (02/25/85)
I read every Colin Wilson book I can get my hands on. Some of the books that I have read that have not been mentioned are: The Stature of Man, The Strength to Dream, Beyond the Outsider, and Hesse, Reich, Borges three Essays. All of these are great especially the first two. I have read others but their names escape me at the moment. This is the first I have heard of someone, other than myself, expressing an interest in Colin Wilson. If anyone out there can tell me where I can get copies of any of his books I would appreciate it. Carl Hoffman