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Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas Send a noteboard - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM

View original postI've always wanted to love Eco, but I have yet to finish any of the three books I've started.

Either Queen Loana or Baudolino is probably his most accessible book - any Eco book will go into crazy detail on some things, but the nostalgia for 1940s comics / movies (Queen Loana) and the medieval tall tales and legends (Baudolino) are rather easier to wade through than the conspiracy theories of Foucault's Pendulum or all the religious art discussion in Name of the Rose, if you ask me.
View original postCouldn't get into Possession. I guess I could go on...

Okay, now that is shocking. Possession is among my all-time favourites, as you may know. Though I will admit, the present-time storyline starts off awkwardly, and really kind of remains awkward, because the characters there are simply that awkward. The two Victorian writers whom they research and whose correspondence they unearth are much more fun to read about (and their letters to each other are fantastic).
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Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 854 Views
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Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 943 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 930 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 1062 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 905 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 895 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 902 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 903 Views
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Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 877 Views
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