It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

They must be. Bibliography
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (with Robert Anton Wilson) Full Trilogy printed December 1 1983 by Dell: ISBN 0-440-53981-1 ISBN 978-0-440-53981-0
The Eye in the Pyramid (1975) Dell
The Golden Apple (1975) Dell
Leviathan (1975) ISBN Dell

Shike (January 13 1992) Two in One version: Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-36046-X ISBN 978-0-345-36046-5
Time of the Dragons (June 1 1981) Jove ISBN 0-515-04874-7 ISBN 978-0-515-04874-2
Last of the Zinja (July 1 1981) Jove ISBN 0-515-05944-7 ISBN 978-0-515-05944-1

All Things Are Lights (April 12 1986) Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-32903-1 ISBN 978-0-345-32903-5 [1]
From No Man's Land to Plaza del Lago (October 1987) Amer. His novels include: Shike set in medieval Japan; All Things Are Lights a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours; The Saracen describing the intricate politics of medieval Italy through the eyes of an Islamic warrior; Shaman tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois; Lady Yang a tragic story of an idealistic empress of medieval China.

It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. Robert Joseph Shea (February 14 1933 - March 10 1994) was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.