The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture

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Another high school chum was Bill Stephens, who hung out with both Kerry and mutual pal, Bob Newport.

EC: I especially like your quote of Bob Black as telling Kerry: "You used to satirize conspiracy theories; now you believe in them.Some pushed to have the planet named “Bob” after the central figure of the Church of the SubGenius 1.

Kerry pledged for Delta Sigma Phi, and—as is expected of all pledges—went through the hazing ritual known as hell week. And I have this vague feeling that I contributed in some way to something published by Paladin Press. Notable symbols in the book include the Apple of Discord, the pentagon, and the "Sacred Chao", which resembles the Taijitu of Taoism, but the two principles depicted are "Hodge" and "Podge" rather than yin and yang, and they are represented by the apple and the pentagon, and not by dots.In the beginning there was VOID, who had two daughters; one (the smaller) was that of BEING, named ERIS, and one (the larger) was of NON-BEING, named ANERIS. In many respects—just a normal lad growing up in 1950s America—Kerry engaged in such typical activities as building model cars and airplanes, and flying box kites. But when Thornley said he hadn’t had contact with Oswald since 1959, Garrison charged him with perjury. The four subjects of Astounding could be infuriatingly sure of themselves, and unlike Campbell or Heinlein, when Wilson said he only wanted to raise questions, you could believe him.