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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 932 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 571 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 613 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 738 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 620 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 643 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 264 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 664 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 608 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 635 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 307 Views
Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:32:15 PM 533 Views
Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 804 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 622 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 746 Views
Re: If it'll make you feel worse... Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:27:22 AM 494 Views
I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 539 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM 503 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 580 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 800 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM 743 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1264 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 466 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 647 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 655 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 907 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 893 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1215 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 695 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 584 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 600 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 239 Views
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