Visited a friend at U of Iowa on my big trip from Massachusetts to California in ‘91 and he took me to this tiny SF bookstore upstairs in some building that seemed to be falling apart. Picked up a copy of Semiotext(e) SF, which had this perfect quote in the foreword:
“The last time I was in the States, I saw a young guy in Des Moines, Iowa (for Jesus sake, Iowa!) wearing a T-shirt that said:
‘Reality is a crutch for people who can’t deal with science fiction.’
At that moment, I realized that the Revolution was over and my side has won.”
—Robert Anton Wilson