Book Log

[mikekn]

31. Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco *

Called a thinking person's Da Vinci Code. Haven't read the other one, so I can't really say. A great take on conspiracy theories though - very heavy read. Not unlike the Name of the Rose in the amount of extra details and lists thrown in.
 

Comments

[baavgai.livejournal.com]

"Called a thinking person's Da Vinci Code."

Heh, I hadn't heard that. I read Foucault's Pendulum nearly 20 years ago, long before the Dan Brown fervor. It's also long be before the silly bible code thingy and uses gematria as a plot device. I recall it's kind of an occult where's Waldo. A dense book, not as much fun if you don't follow at least some of the references. And some of the material is truly esoteric.

The Da Vinci Code is a fluffy cloud by comparison. I can see the parallel. Here you'll find a bucket load of pretty well known conspiracy theories and pop apocrypha. However, nothing horribly deep to it. Brown does have a real talent for dumping a lot of information on the reader without making it feel like a textbook. It's probably worth the read, if only for perspective.

[jljonsn.livejournal.com]

Seriously disliked this book.

[draculachanter.livejournal.com]

I look forward to hearing your impression of this. As I probably mentioned before, I have yet to make it all the way through this book...