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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 1050 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 677 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 718 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 845 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 734 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 763 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 310 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 766 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 719 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 752 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 352 Views
Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:32:15 PM 645 Views
Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 910 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 727 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 848 Views
Re: If it'll make you feel worse... Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:27:22 AM 594 Views
I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 644 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM 620 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 684 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 910 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM 845 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1383 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 591 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 767 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 785 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 1064 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 1023 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1383 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 810 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 696 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 730 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 288 Views
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