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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 1009 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 649 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 686 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 813 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 702 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 730 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 298 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 737 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 691 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 721 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 339 Views
Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:32:15 PM 610 Views
Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 879 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 699 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 819 Views
Re: If it'll make you feel worse... Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:27:22 AM 566 Views
I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 617 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM 589 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 653 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 881 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM 815 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1350 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 556 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 733 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 736 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 1011 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 973 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1344 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 780 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 665 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 695 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 275 Views
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