Thanks Peter, I'll definitely be following your recommendation
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Thanks Peter, I'll definitely be following your recommendation
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FP is a much better read than his other novels. It is as easy and pleasant to read as some of his short pieces. Unfortunately, it doesn't all fit together until nearly the end, so some parts seem irrelevant until the end is near.Originally Posted by crystalmoonshin
Hm. I have never heard of this author, but your review intrigues me. The semiotics idea sounds interesting, especially as a driving force for a novel, and in general this sounds like a really exciting yet enriching read. Nutritious but delicious brain food. If I find it at the library this week, or for that matter another title by Eco, I will definitely pick it up.
It is one of my favourite novels, I've never read a better one about charlatanism and gullibility. I'm very fond of The Name of the Rose and The Island of the Day Before too. Baudolino was a little boring, but I guess that's a matter of taste.
Never heard of Umberto Eco!!! I am sorry to learn that you have not yet lived. I hope that you will enjoy FP as much as it deserves.
I guess I read FP fifteen years ago. Before that I was blissfully ignorant of the Knights Templar. Since then I cannot help but to at least peruse, if not buy, any book on the Templars and their cohorts. The more outlandish the better. I even sank to watching and reading Da Vinci Code.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
El adjetivo, cuando no da vida, mata- Huidobro
I was in a used book store last week that had a table of remainders from a metaphysical publisher. Most of the books were about the Templars. The table immediately reminded me of FP.
Have you read the series by Kurtz and Turner-Harris about Templars in modern Scotland. They are rather far fetched but entertaining.
I was at the library today and they didn't have FP. The only Eco novel they had was Baudolino, so I'll be reading that soon.
Just googled the series. Might have to check that out.
My favorite, though, are the "nonfictions." For example, Rule by Secrecy by Maars which works a conspiracy theory backwards from the Trilateral Commission through the Templars to the gods of Sumer who were actually extraterrestrials.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
El adjetivo, cuando no da vida, mata- Huidobro
Baudolino is not as good a story as Foucault's Pendulum. If you are disappointed with it, please don't let turn you off to Eco.
I prefer reading fiction that is put forth as fiction. If I weren't acquainted with people who take conspiracy theories as if they were fact, then I might find enjoyment in reading such things.
Nah, I'm not that fickle. I'm still going to look around for FP.
Used bookstores are excellent places to find books, especially books that came out more than a couple of years ago.
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