Foucault's Pendulum

[Oliver Xymoron]

On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, HAROLD POSKANZER wrote:

> I'll have to agree, too.  As an academic mystery, it was intriguing, but as a 
> meta-mystery, it was too cold for me.  The sense of chaos and magic was not 
> nearly as overwhelming as GR or The Illuminatus! Trilogy. (Has there been any 
> discussion of that here?)  Of course, that's probably not what Eco was trying 
> for.  Or, indeed, the only aspect of Pynchon that I like.
> 
> -H
> 

On reading the Pynchon FAQ on the web site, I was surprised to see 
mention of Illuminatus! as recommended reading for Pynchon fans. 
Illuminatus was an interesting read for me, because I had a thousand 
pages in which to practice skimming for content, because despite the 
outlandish goings-on in the book, the writing is fairly typical of the 
pulp science-fiction genre, even if it does take a couple pointers from 
and make many references to the likes of WSB and JG Ballard. It was fun 
to read, but not terribly memorable.


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