KLF was named after a secret society from the trilogy. They released much of their early material under the name "The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu"/"The JAMMs", cf. "The Justified Ancients of Mummu"/"The JAMs" from the trilogy, and much of their work was Discordian in nature. They mirrored the fictional JAMs' gleeful political tactics of causing chaos and confusion by bringing a direct, humorous but nevertheless revolutionary approach to making records. The American band Machines of Loving Grace took the name of a sex act performed by one of the main characters during a Black Mass for the title of their song "Rite of Shiva" on their eponymous album. UK chillout maestro Mixmaster Morris also named his band The Irresistible Force after one that appears at the festival in the last part of the trilogy. Together with Coldcut he organised a huge Robert Anton Wilson Memorial Show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on 18 March 2007. In general, The Illuminatus! Trilogy can be credited with popularizing the genre of conspiracy fiction, a field later mined by authors like Umberto Eco (Foucault's Pendulum), Charles Cecil (Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars) and Dan Brown (Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol), comic book writers like Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, From Hell), Dave Sim (Cerebus) and Grant Morrison (The Invisibles), and screenwriters like Chris Carter (The X-Files) and Damon Lindelof (Lost). In particular, the regular use of the Illuminati in popular culture as shadowy central puppet masters in this type of fiction can be traced back to their exposure via The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Editions Major English-language editions include: 1975, US, Dell, Separate editions, The Eye in the Pyramid , The Golden Apple Leviathan 1976–77, UK, Sphere, Separate editions, The Eye in the Pyramid , The Golden Apple Leviathan 1980, US, Laurel, Separate editions, The Eye in the Pyramid , The Golden Apple , Leviathan 1984, US, Dell , Paperback (collected edition) 1986, UK, Sphere, Paperback (separate editions), The Eye in the Pyramid The Golden Apple Leviathan 1988, US, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group , Paperback (collected edition) 1998, US, MJF Books , Hardback (collected edition) 1998, US, Constable and Robinson , Paperback (collected edition) See also Celine's laws References External links Robert Anton Wilson's website – features excerpts from The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Robert Shea's website – features historical information about the book and its writing