There are actually a plethora of sources that, when checked, seem to make sense. Of course, the Dee book deflates the Plan in that, according to Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi, Dee was supposed to meet the Parisian Templars on St. John's Eve in 1584, but instead of being in England at that time (and then France), he was in Krakow, and then (after August) in Prague for the rest of the year. Upon close scrutiny, it is obvious that Eco altered history. The point is that he altered it SO slightly that it is imperceptible to the casual reader.

I'll have to check those sources sometime, now that I'm curious.

Did you ever stop to think that perhaps his choice of venue was intentional? Also, even in Foucault's Pendulum, where there should be more female characters, they appear not as real people but as cardboard cutouts.

Now that you pointed it out to me, you really may be on to something. It is odd that he can write a Baudolino but not a credible female character.

Re-read Foucault's Pendulum. Although his style can be wonderfully interesting, he really gets carried away.

I will in the near future.

It ruins much of my appreciation. Others may not feel the same way.

Yeah, it's like the big anticipation for a really funny joke and the punchline falls slightly flat in comparison.

Certainly. He is better than Jordan.

Better. Definitely better. For all its shortcomings, Foucault's Pendulum weaves in so many different stories and legends, myths and fables into a coherent whole that there aren't times when I didn't start wondering whether or not he wrote it to expose a real Plan. That shows how good a job he did...

True. That reminds me. Sometime in the next couple of weeks, I plan on reading/reviewing the Illuminatus! Trilogy. Should be fun to discuss



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