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To: nickcarraway

I really like the new Pope,but get over this, it is just a novel. It is fiction. Like Fairy Tales. Ever read The Brother's Grimm?
What's next? Bookburning in the public Square?
The Da Vinci Code is just a good summer read, IT IS A NOVEL, and not a very good one at that.
FOUCAULD'S PENDULUM by Umberto Eco: the thinking man's DVC.


18 posted on 07/14/2005 12:38:39 AM PDT by Cincinna (BEWARE HILLARY and her HINO)
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To: Cincinna
The problem with DVC is that everyone I've talked to said that although it's fiction it's historically accurate and has uncovered truths that have been hidden. (BTW, I can't agree it's a good summer read. The writing is so bad it's painful. It's hard to believe it was ever viewed by an editor.)
19 posted on 07/14/2005 12:46:02 AM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Cincinna
About Foucault's Pendulum. The difference is the in the end, Eco makes fun of all the conspiracy types, including the main character.
82 posted on 07/14/2005 4:07:09 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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