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Prolagus Can I say it again? I love this book. Oct 1, 2008
reesetee Uh oh. Sounds like I need to add to my 20-page reading list.... Jun 20, 2008
asativum I read Name of the Rose first, and loved it. I liked Foucault's Pendulum at least as much, maybe more. Baudolino was excellent. I never could get into Island of the Day Before.
But The Mysterious flame of Queen Loana was curious: I was captivated by it as I read it, and even stayed up too late a couple nights. But it was slow going, and for some reason, after I had to set it aside very briefly, I didn't return to it. Is there a word for that? Something that's fully engrossing until one is distracted from it, at which point one doesn't return to it?
(I also heartily recommend a book of Eco's essays called How to Travel With a Salmon. Several are truly hilarious. Jun 20, 2008
Prolagus While I didn't love The mysterious flame of Queen Loana - I think you have to be a 70/80 year old Italian man to appreciate it. Jun 20, 2008
reesetee Indeed you do have to appreciate him! I'd already read The Name of the Rose and later read The Island of the Day Before, and enjoyed them both. Maybe I was just too young at the time. ;-) Jun 19, 2008
Prolagus It's great. But you have to appreciate Umberto Eco first. May I suggest you to start with The island of the day before? Jun 19, 2008
reesetee Did you, Pro? I read it a long time ago, but I remember being irritated by it. Jun 19, 2008
Prolagus I loved Umberto Eco's book with the same title. Jun 19, 2008
johnmperry The Foucault pendulum , or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.
Get the full monty from wikipedia here. . . . it's heavy. Jun 19, 2008