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Odd Larry Send a noteboard - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM
Baudolino is rather full of obscure references to old texts. So if he was talking about the erudition problem it makes sense to single out Loana, since most of its obscure references as to pop culture and recent history.

When he talks of Prester John and the like, I have a general idea what he's talking about at least. With Italian pre-WW2 comic books, not so much.


A great many of those comics I knew, probably because they were adaptations of American comics, some of which were revived when I was growing up, like Flash Gordon.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana Larry - 30/11/2011 12:27:32 AM 1067 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 697 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 747 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 865 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 755 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 782 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 316 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 785 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 742 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 775 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 363 Views
Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:32:15 PM 669 Views
Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 931 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 749 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 874 Views
Re: If it'll make you feel worse... Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:27:22 AM 610 Views
I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 663 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM 638 Views
I wonder if that'd lead to people carding you when you want to check out books from the library Larry - 03/12/2011 12:36:40 AM 698 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 926 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM 862 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1402 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 615 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 785 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 802 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 1088 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 1039 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1404 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 829 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 717 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 746 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 298 Views
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