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FROM: "John J. Cromer" <jcromer@wcpl.net>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 2:05 PM

Hi folks,

I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our patrons has read
through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
challenging. I pushed them *Club Dumas* and Eco. Anything set 17th,
18th, 19th centuries with an occult/conspiracy slant would be sure to
please.

Thanks,

JJ

JJ Cromer
Reference Librarian/Young Adult Specialist
Washington County Public Library
205 Oak Hill Street
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
email: jcromer@wcpl.net
telephone: (276) 676-6389
fax: (276) 676-6235

FROM: michael b gannon <mgannon@mail.aacpl.net>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 2:39 PM

Here's some titles that include conspiracy and history:

The Medici Dagger -- Cameron West
The Magic Circle -- Katherine Neville
The Canaan Legacy -- Michael A. Kahn
Angels and Demons -- Dan Brown
The Covenant of the Flame -- David Morrell
The Book of Q -- Jonathan Rabb

And some good paranoid conspiracy titles in the X-Files vein:

Firestarter -- Stephen King
Hunting Down Amanda -- Andrew Klavan
Dark Rivers of the Heart -- Dean Koontz
Waiting -- Frank M. Robinson
Nobody's Safe -- Richard Steinberg


Michael B. Gannon, Branch Manager
Anne Arundel County Public Library
Maryland City at Russett Branch
3501 Russett Common
Laurel, MD 20724
Phone: (301) 725-2390
FAX: (301) 498-5749


-----Original Message-----
From: John J. Cromer [mailto:jcromer@wcpl.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:56 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: conspiracy themes


Hi folks,

I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our patrons has read
through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
challenging. I pushed them *Club Dumas* and Eco. Anything set 17th,
18th, 19th centuries with an occult/conspiracy slant would be sure to
please.

Thanks,

JJ

JJ Cromer
Reference Librarian/Young Adult Specialist
Washington County Public Library
205 Oak Hill Street
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
email: jcromer@wcpl.net
telephone: (276) 676-6389
fax: (276) 676-6235

FROM: Julia Henderson <jhenders@kcls.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:03 PM

I recently read Ex-Libris by Ross King. It involves a hunt for a lost
manuscript in Resoration England with alchemy, conspiracy, codes, secret
societies, and mysterious murderous pursuers.

Julia Henderson
Federal Way Regional Library
King County Library System

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:14 PM

Thomas Pynchon The crying of lot 49
V
Gravitiy's Rainbow
Katherine Neville The Eight
Iain Banks The Business
Richard Condon The Manchurian Candidate

FROM: Bradley A Scott <bradley.a.scott@juno.com>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:14 PM

> No "conspiracy theme" reading list would be complete without Thomas
> Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49." In addition to a bizarre
> conspiracy theory and a boatload of puns, it has a 17th century angle
in that
> it includes a very funny parody of those morbid Jacobean "revenge
> tragedies".
>
> For that matter, it's also a "short book".
>
> Bradley A. Scott
> (Who means no disrespect to the memory of Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
>
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FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 4:24 PM

At 02:56 PM 4/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our patrons has read
>through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
>challenging. I pushed them *Club Dumas* and Eco. Anything set 17th,
>18th, 19th centuries with an occult/conspiracy slant would be sure to
>please.
>
>Thanks,
>
>JJ


A classic conspiracy novel (trilogy, actually):

Author: Shea, Robert.

Title: The illuminatus! : trilogy / Robert Shea and Robert Anton
Wilson.

Published: New York, N.Y. : Dell Pub., c1975.

Description: 805 p. ; 21 cm.

Contributors: Wilson, Robert Anton, 1932-

Other titles: The eye in the pyramid.
The golden apple.
Leviathan.

ISBN: 0440146887
---------------------------

though that's 20th-century setting. Wilson alone, though, also did
the "Historical Illuminatus" trilogy, consisting of THE EARTH WILL
SHAKE / THE WIDOW'S SON / NATURE'S GOD. All, unfortunately, out of
print paperbacks and hard to find. (I believe a reprint is promised.)

Many old gothic novels have conspiracy themes. One of the more
extreme is HORRID MYSTERIES by Carl Grosse (1796). I rather enjoyed
it, but I suspect most wouldn't. William Godwin's CALEB WILLIAMS
is more accessible (and shorter, and better written), and Maria
Monk's AWFUL DISCLOSURES (which she claimed was nonfiction) is more
lurid and lively (and ridiculous, and an anti-Catholic polemic that
might do the Klan proud...).

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Thelma Stone <tstone@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 5:28 PM

Anne Perry's recent Thomas Pitt mysteries have involved a sinister group,
the Inner Circle, dedicated to the overthrow of the British government.

FROM: Sandra <sphairm@cox.net>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 11:34 PM

This one has a 20thc setting & a very X-File-ish feel :
Millennium Rising by Jane Jensen (1999). I really enjoyed it.


>I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our patrons has read
>through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
>challenging.
--
Sandra Mundy
Jesse Smith Library
Harrisville, RI

FROM: "Cannon, Heather" <hcannon@uillinois.edu>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:06 AM

X-Files-like:

Superstition by David Ambrose
The Man Who Turned into Himself by David Ambrose
Fragments by James F. David

Heather Cannon
Academic Hourly
Illinois Virtual Campus
510 Devonshire Dr.
Champaign, IL 61824
Phone: 217-244-9531
Fax: 217-333-5581
WWW: http://www.ivc.illinois.edu

> >I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our
> patrons has read
> >through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
> >challenging.
> --
> Sandra Mundy
> Jesse Smith Library
> Harrisville, RI
>
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FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 10:37 AM

I don't know if your reader will accept some with fantastic elements, but
these are all well-written good reads and quite complex:

Tim Powers Declare & Expiration Date
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash
(only author I know who could combine Sumerian texts and computer viruses)
Neil Gaimen American Gods
also one of F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack novels takes place chiefly at a
convention of conspiracy theorists. It may be called CONSPIRACY, but our
computer catalog is down and I can't check it...

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <jetling@nsls.info>
REC'D: 4/25/02, 9:56 AM

John,

Three you might include (all 20th century)

The Tranquillity Alternative by A Steele. It's Science Fiction since it
partly takes place on the moon, but a good thriller
The Descent by Jeff Long
Overseer by Jonathan Rabb (whose other book was mentioned earlier)

> I'm looking for titles with conspiracy themes. One of our patrons has
read
> through the X-files and now wants to dip into something a little more
> challenging. I pushed them *Club Dumas* and Eco. Anything set 17th,
> 18th, 19th centuries with an occult/conspiracy slant would be sure to
> please.

FROM: Kathy Mitchum <kdm@ckls.org>
REC'D: 4/25/02, 3:45 PM

At 09:49 AM 4/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>John,

Please issue a summary of these titles on "conspiracy" when they trickle off!


Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, KS 67530

(620-792-4865) phone
(620-792-5495) fax

kdm@ckls.org

FROM: "John J. Cromer" <jcromer@wcpl.net>
REC'D: 4/27/02, 7:57 AM

Thanks for the suggestions! Here's the list:

The Tranquillity Alternative by A Steele
The Descent by Jeff Long
Overseer by Jonathan Rabb
Superstition by David Ambrose
The Man Who Turned into Himself by David Ambrose
Fragments by James F. David
Millennium Rising by Jane Jensen
The illuminatus! : trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
Wilson.
Horrid Mysteries by Carl Grosse (1796)
Caleb Williams by William Godwin
Awful Disclosures by Maria Monk
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
V by Thomas Pynchon
Gravitiy's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Ex-Libris by Ross King
The Medici Dagger by Cameron West
The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville
The Canaan Legacy by Michael A. Kahn
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Covenant of the Flame by David Morrell
The Book of Q by Jonathan Rabb
Firestarter by Stephen King
Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan
Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz
Waiting by Frank M. Robinson
Nobody's Safe by Richard Steinberg
Declare by Tim Powers
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Neil Gaimen by American Gods
The Eight by Katherine Neville
The Business by Iain Banks
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

JJ Cromer
Reference Librarian/Young Adult Specialist
Washington County Public Library
205 Oak Hill Street
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
email: jcromer@wcpl.net
telephone: (276) 676-6389
fax: (276) 676-6235

FROM: "Janet Lawson" <janet@BookBrowser.com>
REC'D: 4/27/02, 11:33 AM

I apologize for adding a title late but this is a very good conspiracy book:

A Conspiracy of Tall Men by Noah Hawley

-janet

Janet Lawson, Proprietor
BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers
http://www.BookBrowser.com <http://www.BookBrowser.com>

:>-----Original Message-----
:>From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
:>[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of John J. Cromer
:>Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 5:50 AM
:>To: Fiction_L
:>Subject: RE: conspiracy themes -- Compiled List
:>
:>
:>Thanks for the suggestions! Here's the list:
:>
:>The Tranquillity Alternative by A Steele
:>The Descent by Jeff Long
:>Overseer by Jonathan Rabb
:>Superstition by David Ambrose
:>The Man Who Turned into Himself by David Ambrose
:>Fragments by James F. David
:>Millennium Rising by Jane Jensen
:>The illuminatus! : trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
:>Wilson.
:>Horrid Mysteries by Carl Grosse (1796)
:>Caleb Williams by William Godwin
:>Awful Disclosures by Maria Monk
:>The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
:>V by Thomas Pynchon
:>Gravitiy's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
:>Ex-Libris by Ross King
:>The Medici Dagger by Cameron West
:>The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville
:>The Canaan Legacy by Michael A. Kahn
:>Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
:>The Covenant of the Flame by David Morrell
:>The Book of Q by Jonathan Rabb
:>Firestarter by Stephen King
:>Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan
:>Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz
:>Waiting by Frank M. Robinson
:>Nobody's Safe by Richard Steinberg
:>Declare by Tim Powers
:>Expiration Date by Tim Powers
:>Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
:>Neil Gaimen by American Gods
:>The Eight by Katherine Neville
:>The Business by Iain Banks
:>The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
:>
:>JJ Cromer
:>Reference Librarian/Young Adult Specialist
:>Washington County Public Library
:>205 Oak Hill Street
:>Abingdon, Virginia 24210
:>email: jcromer@wcpl.net
:>telephone: (276) 676-6389
:>fax: (276) 676-6235
:>
:>
:>
:>
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FROM: "Steven A. Roman" <Roman@addison.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/27/02, 12:27 PM

I double-apologize for adding a few late titles, but ...

_Foucault's Pendulum_ by Umberto Eco

Just about anything by Philip K. Dick, but especially: _Cry My Tears, the
Policeman Said_ and _A Scanner Darkly_.

(Sorry again for their lateness ... I was on vacation.)

Steven


Steven A. Roman
Addison Public Library
Two Friendship Plaza
Addison, IL 60101

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Lawson [mailto:janet@BookBrowser.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:25 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: conspiracy themes -- Compiled List


I apologize for adding a title late but this is a very good conspiracy book:

A Conspiracy of Tall Men by Noah Hawley

-janet

Janet Lawson, Proprietor
BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers
http://www.BookBrowser.com <http://www.BookBrowser.com>

:>-----Original Message-----
:>From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
:>[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of John J. Cromer
:>Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 5:50 AM
:>To: Fiction_L
:>Subject: RE: conspiracy themes -- Compiled List
:>
:>
:>Thanks for the suggestions! Here's the list:
:>
:>The Tranquillity Alternative by A Steele
:>The Descent by Jeff Long
:>Overseer by Jonathan Rabb
:>Superstition by David Ambrose
:>The Man Who Turned into Himself by David Ambrose
:>Fragments by James F. David
:>Millennium Rising by Jane Jensen
:>The illuminatus! : trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
:>Wilson.
:>Horrid Mysteries by Carl Grosse (1796)
:>Caleb Williams by William Godwin
:>Awful Disclosures by Maria Monk
:>The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
:>V by Thomas Pynchon
:>Gravitiy's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
:>Ex-Libris by Ross King
:>The Medici Dagger by Cameron West
:>The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville
:>The Canaan Legacy by Michael A. Kahn
:>Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
:>The Covenant of the Flame by David Morrell
:>The Book of Q by Jonathan Rabb
:>Firestarter by Stephen King
:>Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan
:>Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz
:>Waiting by Frank M. Robinson
:>Nobody's Safe by Richard Steinberg
:>Declare by Tim Powers
:>Expiration Date by Tim Powers
:>Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
:>Neil Gaimen by American Gods
:>The Eight by Katherine Neville
:>The Business by Iain Banks
:>The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
:>
:>JJ Cromer
:>Reference Librarian/Young Adult Specialist
:>Washington County Public Library
:>205 Oak Hill Street
:>Abingdon, Virginia 24210
:>email: jcromer@wcpl.net
:>telephone: (276) 676-6389
:>fax: (276) 676-6235
:>
:>
:>
:>
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