Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson is a 2016 book by the American writer Gary Lachman.
It is a biography about the English writer and philosopher Colin Wilson.
[1][2] Lachman first discovered Wilson when he was a musician in New York City in the 1970s and read Wilson's book The Occult: A History, which became the beginning of his own interest in occult, philosophical and mystical subjects.
Relocated to England, Lachman made a career out of writing about such subjects, producing books about people such as Emanuel Swedenborg, Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, P. D. Ouspensky and Carl Jung.
[1] Michael Dirda of The Washington Post described Beyond the Robot as "an enthralling account" of Wilson's life and work, and a good introduction to Lachman's ability to write about his subjects with "exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity".