The Illuminatus! Trilogy readalong - The Second Trip

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>/lit/ read-through of The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

This is the bi-daily thread for those of us who are reading The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and R. A. Wilson. The reading schedule is below. Every reader is allowed two days to finish each chapter, plus after every chapter that is longer than fifty pages there will be a two day break. There will be a new thread every other day, made by OP.
You can join us and catch up at any time. There will be a brief summary included in the OP of every just-completed chapter's events and key themes and ideas.
OP hopes you enjoy the book, get something out of it, and hopefully don't get too lost within its contents.

>a .pdf is inlcuded here: http://www.integralbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wilson-Robert-Anton-Illuminatus-Trilogy.pdf

ch.1 50pgs (feb. 15-16)
ch.2 33pgs (feb. 17-18)
ch.3 47pgs (feb. 19-20)
ch.4 78pgs (feb. 21-22)
rest 2 days (feb. 23-24)
ch.5 88pgs (feb. 25-26)
rest 2 days (feb. 27-28)
ch.6 80pgs (mar. 1-2)
rest 2 days (mar. 3-4)
ch.7 89pgs (mar. 5-6)
rest 2 days (mar. 7-8)
ch.8 89pgs (mar. 9-10)
rest 2 days (mar. 11-12)
ch.9 46pgs (mar. 13-14)
ch.10 78pgs (mar. 15-16)
rest 2 days (mar. 17-18)
appcs 73pgs (mar. 19-20)
fin. (mar. 20)

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What did everyone think of of the Second Trip? What do you do think of the writing style and how it slips in and out of first person, third person, time, space, etc.? What is your favourite storyline so far? Is Simon Moon anyone else's favourite character?