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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Will have to disagree with you on Foucault's Pendulum

That was one of my favorite reads of all time. Enough that I went and bought several other books Umberto Eco wrote...

471 posted on 03/10/2007 8:19:36 PM PST by Lloyd227 (and may God bless Oriana Fallaci)
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To: Lloyd227
Will have to disagree with you on Foucault's Pendulum

That was one of my favorite reads of all time.


Oh, I'm not claiming that it isn't good, just that it was too hard for me to get through. I'll try again sometime.
475 posted on 03/10/2007 8:25:21 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Lloyd227

Maybe I should give it another shot. I loved "The Name of the Rose."

The narrator's annoying Brazilian girlfriend and her habit of calling her baby something demeaning - was it Lump? - irked me and I wanted to slap her, pregnant and all.


544 posted on 03/13/2007 12:36:10 PM PDT by Xenalyte (It's a Zen thing, you know, like how many babies fit in a tire.)
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