On: Emperor Norton

[User23]

I first learned about the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico from a charming little doorstopper called The Illuminatus! Trilogy. It was certainly an influential work for me as a young man. It goes to show that reality is far weirder and cooler than commonly thought.

[Rediscover → User23]

This. Also on the front page is Bucky Fuller. And the KLF was mentioned in the Katy Perry/Dark Horse comments. Now all we need is Stewart Brand(1) and John Cunningham Lilly(2). Both are heroes of mine.

(1) Whole Earth Catalog / Co-Evolution Quarterly/Whole Earth Review (and the delicious Gossip columns).

(2) Programming and Meta-Programming in the Human Bio-Computer (and the prescient intro in later editions about the work having a curious history on par with...x...destroyer of young brains, mind and fetuses).

[aggerdom → User23]

First heard about him at a cheap drinks place named after him in the Tenderloins. Interesting dude.

[Absor → User23]

I first learned about him from The Sandman comic book series, it is a nice take on the real story.

[mieseratte → User23]

You may find the movie 23[0] of interest.

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(film)

[ggm → User23]

Fnord

[MrEldritch → ggm]

(I want you to know that I'm not downvoting you because this is a bad post, but rather, because I think this being greyed out would add excellently to the joke)

[ggm → MrEldritch]

It would almost have been worth making a temporary account in the name of John Dillinger for the first post.