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nossy Send a noteboard - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM

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

View original postEither 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.

I'm wondering if I could get into Baudolino, given that I tend to love tales/legends, but the others you've listed are the ones I've tried and quit.

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View original postCouldn't get into Possession. I guess I could go on...

View original postOkay, 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).

I know... I was thinking of you when I wrote that, and I feel suitably sheepish. However, your comment is somewhat heartening - I didn't like the modern people, but I never really made it much past them. Maybe I would like the book if I let myself get into the heart of it.

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Speaking of overrated authors... Tom - 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM 1016 Views

Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 728 Views

Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 623 Views

Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 661 Views

It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 661 Views

I'm sure I would need a lot of alcohol to get through an event of his. *NM* everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:14:49 AM 320 Views

I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 663 Views

I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 728 Views

H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 655 Views

I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 672 Views

Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 617 Views

I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1068 Views

Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 665 Views

That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 697 Views

You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems.

*NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 299 Views

Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 616 Views

I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 661 Views

I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 612 Views

Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 697 Views

Yes.

nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 695 Views

Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 741 Views

You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 643 Views

Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 663 Views

It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 644 Views

Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 649 Views

The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 645 Views

I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 597 Views

Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 654 Views

Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 637 Views

Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 735 Views

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<quote id="283787"><quote id="283785">I've always wanted to love Eco, but I have yet to finish any of the three books I've started. </quote></quote>

<quote id="283787">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. </quote>
I'm wondering if I could get into Baudolino, given that I tend to love tales/legends, but the others you've listed are the ones I've tried and quit. :P

<quote id="283787"><quote id="283785">Couldn't get into Possession. I guess I could go on...</quote></quote>

<quote id="283787">Okay, now that is shocking. :P 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 <i>are</i> 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). </quote>
I know... I was thinking of you when I wrote that, and I feel suitably sheepish. However, your comment is somewhat heartening - I didn't like the modern people, but I never really made it much past them. Maybe I <i>would</i> like the book if I let myself get into the heart of it. 
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