Title: Juvenile, Turgid, Dated, and Not Worth The Time
Product review: This re-read didn't hold up.Of course, I first read this in the late '70s and was wowed...but as pop culture has moved on this work's paranoia seems dated, quaint, and juvenile. The narrative itself is confused and turgid...with changing perspectives, ideological bloat-ware, clumsy sentences, and little appreciation for the uninitiated reader.If you are a student of '60s counter-culture/pop culture and fascinated by some dated conspiracy theories then you may find some value in this book. This work also, partly, inspired Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum....a fine piece of literary fiction from the Italian Semiotician.General Recommendation: Don't wast your money.
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