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| 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? | | 84 | dancingstarfish, toukokuu 16 | |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Best of Different Genres | | 14 | swizzlestick, huhtikuu 24 | |
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| The Green Dragon : NOMINATIONS: 1001 Fantasy Books | | 195 | VictoriaPL, maaliskuu 25 | |
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| Uinuva: Someone explain it to me... : Umberto Eco / The Name of the Rose | | 21 | SanctiSpiritus, tammikuu 27 | |
| Uinuva: 50 Book Challenge : NatureGeek's 50 (actually, I'd be happy with 25) | | 8 | NatureGeek, tammikuu 26 | |
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| Uinuva: 50 Book Challenge : CarlosMcRey's | | 32 | CarlosMcRey, joulukuu 2007 | |
| Uinuva: 50 Book Challenge : amancine's 50 book challenge: I will try for 100 books | | 58 | amancine, joulukuu 2007 | |
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| Uinuva: List Five Books Parlour Game : Auther, Subject, Title | | 9 | imager, syyskuu 2007 | |
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| Uinuva: The Green Dragon : New book discussion? | | 56 | mrgrooism, toukokuu 2007 | |
| Uinuva: The Name of Queen Baudolino's Pendulum of the Flame Before : Eco's Work | | 8 | DoctorRobert, huhtikuu 2007 | |
| Uinuva: Book talk : Richard & Judy and the word literary | | 26 | PossMan, maaliskuu 2007 | |
| Uinuva: Readers Against Struggling Through Books We Hate : Which authors consistenly deliver boring books? | | 7 | Windy, helmikuu 2007 | |
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| Uinuva: Historical Mysteries : [The Name of the Rose] | | 25 | mbahawk, syyskuu 2006 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : joycepa's reckless 80 in '08 | | 149 | Joycepa, Eilen 2:49pm |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books | | 260 | kabrahamson, sunnuntai 9:10pm |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2007 | | 219 | bettyjo, kesäkuu 20 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? | | 337 | Grammath, toukokuu 15 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : April 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list | | 83 | strandbooks, huhtikuu 28 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 | | 273 | Talbin, huhtikuu 2 |
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| Happy Heathens : 1001 Books for Pagans | | 35 | goodwitch62442, maaliskuu 11 |
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| The Green Dragon : It's the hotly anticipated, controversial, lurid and compelling "READ THAT ONE BOOK CHALLENGE!" | | 128 | clamairy, helmikuu 28 |
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| The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III | | 394 | WillSteed, helmikuu 14 |
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| Uinuva: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 December 2007 | | 171 | Alaskapat, tammikuu 19 |
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| Uinuva: Book talk : The Name of the Rose | | 8 | pw0327, tammikuu 5 |
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| Uinuva: Book talk : Everyone hates the POSTMODERN novels we love! | | 67 | Madcow299, joulukuu 2007 |
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| Uinuva: For teens only, let's talk about our fav books! : What is everyone's hot reads? Does anyone have any recommendations?? | | 10 | iLoveEdward, marraskuu 2007 |
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| Uinuva: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 July 2007 | | 188 | lili12302002, lokakuu 2007 |
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| Uinuva: What Are You Reading Now? : Foucalt's Pendulum by Umberto Eco | | 11 | ashmodai, tammikuu 2007 |
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Foucalt's pendulum I hated it so much I swore not to touch anythign else Eco ever wrote, but I'm interested by #36 which claims name of the rose wasn't so bad? Any other supporters for this view?
Quicksilver I don't like historical fantasy /alternative history much anyway, and this ... ... Novels, (one of the short novels is Three O'Clock), by Cornell Woolrich
The Sundial, by Shirley Jackson
Foucault's Pendulum, by Unberto Eco
The Hour Glass, by William Butler Yeats ... Vinci Code which has neither the sheer gonzo outrageousness of The Illuminatus! Trilogy or the detailed scholarship of Foucault's Pendulum. (Or at least so I've gathered from the movie.)
And to be fair, I'd probably add a genre that I have a particular weakness for: 80 - 90% of Cthulhu M ... I loved The Name of the Rose in book and movie form, but Foucault's Pendulum and The Island of the Day Before are dreck. Actually, I've never even finished The Island - it just gradually filtered out of my reading pile. Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco ... before Eco's. I've been trying to figure out (without putting any effort into it!) whether or not he was the first with Foucault's Pendulum.
The one book of his I never was able to get through was The Island of the Day Before. I could not make sense of that book, but that was when it ... ... the Eco I've read, I feel like I've never stopped being intimidated when I approach one of his books. My first read was Foucault's Pendulum in college, which I read because someone told me it was like a more cerebral version of The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Which now that I think of it is ... Well, that does it. I've got to read Foucault's Pendulum now! :) I remember very much liking The Name of the Rose when I read it 20 some years ago, so perhaps I'll be able to handle this one. Linda, I most certainly think that he can be intimidating if you let him. I had forgotten how complex Foucault's Pendulum is. Just don't let the complexity blow you away--relax and enjoy it!
He published the book in 1988. A computer is actually a main player, but as he says in the story, ... ... real. However, even though this is one of the best in the series, it's not good enough to justify my buying more.
70. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. This is a reread for me, but nearly 20 years have elapsed between the first reading and now. I had forgotten entire sections of ... ... a gap in my knowledge I want to fill.
The book was so good that, rather than start a new book, I've picked up Foucault's Pendulum and am rereading it. I LOVE Eco--one of the great modern writers. ... of the Rose isn't an easy book to read - it's pretty dense, and Eco does ramble sometimes. I thought it was easier than Foucault's Pendulum, though. #47 mrsradcliffe; Foucalt's Pendulum will be a reread for me; I read it when it came out many, many years ago. What I remember is that at the end, I felt as if I needed to reread it to understand completely what had gone on and to fully appreciate the intricacies of the plot.
Seems to me ... ... them - I found myself totally transported to Botswana, they are such a pleasure to read.
#47 Let me know how you like Foucault's pendulum - I thought it was well written but a bit mystical for my tastes.
I'm supposed to be reading all this stuff about semiotics for my course, but have ... Foucault's Pendulum? ... have been doing is slowly, slowly replacing old favorites that somehow disappeared from my bookshelves. Just got a copy of Foucault's Pendulum; now I've got to get at least The Periodic Table on that particular Wish List. ... read from his new novel, The Enchantress of Florence and Eco, looking very absent-minded brilliant professor, read from Foucault's Pendulum. The readings were followed by a discussion moderated by a University of Rochester author. They covered topics such as their research methods for ... ... the same goes for my botany text book. Plus, between the two, I might get help identifying things that could kill me!
Foucault's Pendulum-or anything else by Umberto Eco-again, the issolation should allow me to finally concentrate on each part of it properly.
Doubt: A history
The ... ... was a whiff of badness that even 10 pages could detect.
If you like the subject matter you might read Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. It is not as easy to read as his The Name of the Rose but entertaining. It starts with a murder in a cathedral. He has a much better grasp of history, ... ... realised that I never finished my plea for Eco. I agree with a lot of Kaelirenee's comments on The Name of the Rose and Foucalt's Pendulum. They're Eco's best books, in my opinion, but can be tricky if you don't have a lot of background in the fields being discussed. One thing I used from ... I have a few titles for you to try.
The Mystic Rose By Stephen R. Lawhead.
Foucalt's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
Treasure of the Templars by Tim Champlin
Brotherhood of the Tomb by Daniel Easterman
If you remember anything about the searchers being vampires, look into David N ... #77 Good move, seanie, you won't regret it.
I've finally finished Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, which has taken me a couple of months, and have moved onto Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children as my selection from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, which looks like its ... I plan to start reading Foucault's Pendulum tomorrow. ... weekend. He really is a dirty old man, but his writing lets him get away with it.
I really ought to crack on and finish Foucault's Pendulum. I'm less than 100 pages from the end, but it has taken me 6 weeks to get there.
My new audiobook is Tony Hawks' One Hit Wonderland, read by the ... The ends of both Cloud Atlas and Foucault's Pendulum are in sight. Not sure what I'll read next. The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
A Great and Terrible Beauty (youth fic) by Libba Bray
Ophelia (youth fic) by Lisa Klein
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Lies Young Women Believe ... ... and that was interesting...
I read Name of the Rose years ago and enjoyed it.. might have to hunt down a copy of Foucault's Pendulum...
Like fyrefly (#48), I've been struggling with Umberto Eco, and today I (finally!) finished Foucault's Pendulum.
Time for some lighter reading; I'm starting Dune (and can't believe that I've never read it before now...)
edited to close a tag ... finished it before she even had a chance to hunt down the Cliffs Notes. Watching the movie first helped. I had to revisit Focault's Pendulum a few times before I could make it past the first three chapters. I just had to let my mind swim. I haven't been brave enough to try his other works, ... I've read Cry, the Beloved Country - fantastic book.
I'm currently working on Foucault's Pendulum. I got virtually no leisure reading done over the weekend, and as a result, I'm still only about 1/3 into Foucault's Pendulum. Great book so far, I just haven't had the time to really delve into it again since early last week. *sigh* This weekend, maybe. I'm about 2/3 of the way through Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco and have a couple of stories left in Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes. I listen to unabridged audiobooks and have reached disc 10 of 18 in David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas The smallest room has Charlie Brooker ... ... clue van het mystery te weten, maar ik zal het boek niet snel weer oppakken.
Niet uitgelezen... o.a. Nevelen van Avalon, Foucault's pendulum, Dante club en Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Oooo. Watership Down, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Foucault's Pendulum. I'll have to go poke around in the basement to see what else is stand-alone... I finished Vladimir Nabokov's The Eye, and while it's bouncing around in my head, I think I've decided on Foucault's Pendulum for my next read. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James I have 3 books from the 1,001 list on the go at the moment. I'm just over halfway through Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, my audiobook is David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and, I've started reading the copy of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw I acquired whilst in Rome.
My short ... I'm ploughing on with Foucault's Pendulum, which I'm just over half way through.
I also picked up The Turn of the Screw while on holiday and, after loathing pretty much everything I've previously read by Henry James, am finding this reasonably tolerable.
Now I'm back at work, I'm ... ... see why some don't.
I recently gave up on Baudolino as I just couldn't get into this monk's story, despite my love of Foucault's pendulum I also gave up some months ago on another Eco novel about a man who's memory goes but he can still remember all the books he'd read.
I've given up on ... After six months of not riding anything from the list, I recently read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. It really took some time for me to really get into the flow of the book.
This brings my whopping total to 37 books out of the 1001. 38 if I count On the Road by Jack Kerouac ... I'm also indulging in something Italian, Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
I'm also continuing with The Elephant Vanishes and Screen Burn and will probably finish my audiobook ofThe Road on my way home from the office this evening.
Book 132 from the list for me, started last night, is Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
Eco's erudition can be a little bit daunting, but once you realise that you don't need to understand absolutely everything he writes when he's doing his academic clever clogs showing off thing, his ... ... Italian. All these are currently on my bookshelves:
If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ... with a mysterious, enigmatic quality such as The Magus by John Fowles, The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brian, Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco or Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco. Does anyone have any recommendations with a similar style?
Damian ... Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover
Khaled by Marion F. Crawford
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
A Secret History by Mary Gentle (first in the ... ... step to reading it - ha), and I also found another book I started but didn't finish last year that I'd like to finish: Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. And a couple other books I meant to read while we were traveling in Baja - The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck and Mexic ... ... Baudolino by Umberto Eco. It's quite a departure from the others of his I've read (The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum). It's a much simpler read, though I'm not sure if that's the way the book was written, or just the translation. Unfortunately it's not as gripping as ... >58 Scarily enough I 'got around' to reading Foucault's Pendulum by lugging it up Kilimanjaro with me and reading it by head torch every evening.
Reading through this thread makes me feel guilty - I am utterly daunted by all the Big Russians, occasionally I feel I ought to but I don't really ... ... non-fiction reader, but I get the impression you are probably asking for fiction books, in which case my favorite would be Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco. ... Rose since I saw the movie before I was able to get to the book, I will get to it one day. But, I thoroughly enjoyed Eco's Foucault's Pendulum quite a bit. It is everything that DaVinci Code was not, intellectual, whimsical, fanciful, suspenseful, and full of historical facts woven nicely into ... My big clunker of the year was Foucault's Pendulum I slogged through this book and can't believe I actually kept with it, since it was torture to get through! Considering the subject matter, I had such high hopes and found it so dull and wordy! #10 jbd1: Foucault's Pendulum is one of my favorite books--not an easy read, I found, but fascinating. Haven't gotten too much reading done this week, what with the holidays and all ... but will probably finish Foucault's Pendulum on the train ride back to Boston tonight. That may well be the last book I finish in 2007.
Earlier this week I did read Lyra's Oxford, a Philip Pullman short ... #13 Talbin - right? I couldn't have been more excited to read the thing too. *Sigh* Eco is really touch and go for me. Foucault's Pendulum didn't thrill me, but at least I could digest it at a clip. Island of the Day Before however I thought was an outstanding bit of imagination, taking ... ... watching the onboard movies instead - I found it to be extraordinarily boring.
I had enjoyed The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum back when I was in graduate school, so perhaps you need to be in an academic state of mind to really get into Eco. ... Reynolds
The Three Muskateers by Alexandre Dumas
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Not a bad haul for under $20. Also, although I didn't realize it at the time, when I ... ... and their relationships were well crafted. I thought the scholarship was pretty interesting, though perhaps not quite Foucault's Pendulum-level. I liked the nested narratives, which helped to heighten the sense of mystery. And I actually thought there was an interesting concept there in ... My favourites are Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, which is like a thinking person's DaVinci Code. It is a fiercely intellingent mystery filled with ambiguity rather than the neat endings that make books like DaVinci Code as stimulating as a hollywood movie.
Kafka on the Shore by Har ... ... In terms of international thriller with occult/esoteric elements, I'd say it lies somewhere between The da Vinci code and Foucault's Pendulum. (Personal opinion may determine which represent the lower and upper ends of that spectrum.) Could have used a little more Dracula. He started out as ... I just noticed Foucault's Pendulum received a whole bunch of flags for one-line reviews. Maybe we can write in the little dialogue box that pops up when a flag is clicked that the length of the review doesn't dictate whether it is or not a review, as long as it makes sense? ... it's Bleak House or David Copperfield.
2. Mystery: I don't know whether it's technically a mystery, but I loved Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
3. Comedy: Tristram Shandy
4. Horror: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
5. Science Fiction: 2001: A Space Odyssey ... I just finished Foucault's Pendulum and Tolkein's Finn and Hengest lectures and I am battling through good ol' Paradise Lost and skimming death du jour but I am at a bit of a loss as to what to read next.
I should pick up something academic and challenging and something fantasy and fast. T ... ... Zen Bones
The Bible
The Brothers Karamozov
That Hideous Strength or Perelandra
Delta of Venus
Foucault's Pendulum
On the Road
Leaves of Grass
Waiting for Godet I'm reading Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski, A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, and Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. I might have to give up on Foucault's Pendulum, though-- it's getting a bit too tedious! Next on the list: The Hollow Kingdom, for next month's ... I find it interesting what qualifies a book as the 'worst' by different posters.
For me, Foucault's pendulum (read it completely) which I thought might be good since I liked the movie Name of the Rose. The violence of American psycho just from flipping though it in the bookstore made me ... #156:
Unfortunately there is no equivalent guide to Foucault's Pendulum that I am aware of but you might find some simple infobaun research on the Illuminati helpful in adding depth of understanding to Pendulum. tagmash: tagging,knowledge
one hit:
Foucault's pendulum by Umberto Eco 153> Do you (or any other helpful LTers!) know if there's a similar key for Foucault's Pendulum? I started reading it last year (when I was ill, possibly not terribly good timing!) and just got bogged down. I wonder if having some of the allusions spelt out might help! ... Miguel Ruiz
10. The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer
11. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
12. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
So it's only 12, and I'm not yet done with Foucault's Pendulum, which means I have about 40 to go, and the years half over. ... ... by Jane Gardam (after reading God on the Rocks)
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco (after reading Foucault's Pendulum)
Subject:
Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague by Rick Rogers (enough said)
The Club Dumas ... ... and fiction.
The Mists of Avalon -- great pagan fiction about Morgaine, King Arthur's half sister. Well written.
Foucault's Pendulum -- conspiracy theory gone haywire. Notable for its (sane) treatment of Kabbalah, Templars, and Brazilian animistic rituals.
Stranger in a Strange La ... ... King?
I'm a big fan of his books, especially Slalom's Lot, Carry, The Dark Towel series (especially The Gumslinger) and The Stained.
Heee heeeee, sorry to tease, I've made my share of typos and mispellings, too! ... Island of the Day Before. Which is a real shame because, like jtron and juv3nal, I loved both The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. The former, I've always thought, is a near-perfect novel. Like Shakespeare, it functions as pure entertainment yet also has the hallmarks of good art ... Borges blew my mind around that age. The earlier Umberto Eco stuff too, like The Name of the Rose and Foucalt's Pendulum.
Ditto The Illuminatus Trilogy, but you'd maybe run into trouble from concerned parents with that one.
Umberto Eco. I read The Name of the Rose in one ass-numbing sitting, and I loved Foucault's Pendulum, but The Island Of The Day Before left me cold and I abandoned it not one-fifth through. How's Baudolino measure up? ... brilliant achievements of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses. Eco, too, after The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (see the discussion thread on the new Eco group). I was disappointed to find the same old formulae in the work of last year's Nobel prize winner Orhan ... I agree with all the previous commenters that Foucault's Pendulum anticipates and lampoons the nutjob theories that Dan Brown and his drooling minions are so fixated on. Eco uses the conspiracy theories to marvelous effect to explore the nature of knowledge in a post-modern world. The Nam ... Reading The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum sent me in the direction of semiotics. There is a very good intro to the subject at http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html.
I bought The Island of the Day Before and sat down with great anticipation and enthusiasm only ... ... helps, no doubt.)
However, once, on holiday in a quiet part of Crete, and desperate for fiction in English, I bought Foucault's Pendulum. In case anyone's wondering, it's not a great book for the beach. I seem to remember it prefigured a lot of "The Da Vinci Code", which is a good book ... tomcatMurr -
I think I may chose something a little less complex than Foucault's Pendulum for my first "book report" here. ;0
TWIW is one of my favorites, also, btw. Partly because my dad recommended it to me, but mostly because it is just a great read. -->6
>>A more nuanced and thoughtful book might be too subtle or perhaps too complex<<
Foucault's Pendulum presents itself here, does it not? February
9. Baudolino by Umberto Eco - as much as I loved Foucault's Pendulum, I couldn't get into this one at all. Didn't finish.
10. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - Very Brave New World-ish. I figured the plot out from the beginning and waited in vain for a clever plot twist ... ... spun around to face him and kept shouting: "You f___in' watch OprahWinfrey! You f___in' watch Oprah Winfrey!" :-)
Foucault's Pendulum was ok. I liked it better than "Rose."
Is proudly asserting that your own opinion is totally independent of other people's opinions a right-wing ... ... don't understand the Dan Brown phenomenon. I remember when readers were waiting with itchy fingers to get their hands on Foucault's Pendulum, which is at least a challenging read. The DaVinci Code is that in comic book form. I read it because the middle schoolers in my Sunday School ... One Hundred Years of Solicitude
Humbert Echo: Foucault's Pudendum
Sleeping With the Lambs (sequel to Silence of the Enemy)
Emmanuel Sainte-Bove: Volupte: The Singular Man
John Wilkes Barre: Infamous Essay On the Assassin (Includes Amish Whoopie Pie recipes).
what minds? what ... ... by Umberto Eco really. If we're talking about re-reading books then I would revisit Baudolino or the old standby, Foucault's Pendulum. If we're talking about books we haven't read yet but think we might like, then in that case I plan to be turning to Paul Auster's newest in soft-co ... I just finished The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and loved almost every minute of it. Foucault's Pendulum was my favorite Umberto Eco book for a long time but now I'm torn. . . in a happy kind of way, of course!
I too have read Foucault's Pendulum a couple of times and loved it. My current favorite Eco is Baudolino. A really great historical romp.
Get through the first chapter and the rest is excellent. I am in awe of his erudition. ... don't what types of fish and coral he saw out the window. Just get on with the story.
eco has already had a mention foucault's was enough to puit me off any others. Stephenson normally writes really gripping stories diamond age is one of my all time favourites, but quicksilver ... ... Crime and Punishment. However, what about something, perhaps, too contemporary. I was thinking about Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Definately fits the noir movement, but way out of the box. I remember seeing this quote from Karl Popper in Foucault's Pendulum:
"The conspiracy theory of society comes from abandoning God, and asking 'Who is in his place?'"
Can you imagine if something like The Invisibles had been written after 9/11? If you thought there were conspiracy ... I have owned two copies of Foucault's Pendulum at various times, and each time I've lent it to others and haven't had it returned; The Name of the Rose runs at three copies I have lost that way. It must be an Eco thing.
I have read both of these twice, and repeatedly want to refer back ... well, i'd have to say the following for fiction titles in no order:
foucault's pendulum by umberto eco
a dance to the music of time by anthony powell
the day lasts more than a hundred years by chingiz aitmatov
mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf
master and margarita by bulgakov ... ... love to know what other people my age are reading.
I like reading all sorts of books, from The chronicles of Narnia to Foucault's pen |
