Pynchonesque Rushdie

[April Phillips]

I think Foucault's Pendulum is a fantastic book, even if the ending is a bit 
clichéd.  While it is certainly plot-driven, the plot is at least smart, and 
the theoretical undercurrent resonated a lot more than anything connected 
with "The Plan."  I think that is exactly what Eco intended.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
Cc: <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchonesque Rushdie


>I completely agree with Rushdie re. Foucault's Pendulum.  The beeks
> was so overrated, promoted by people who thought Eco's "smartness"
> meant that he's produced a work of high caliber.  Not so.  It was dull
> and lifeless, as Rushdie points out.
>
> David Morris
>
> On 10/9/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> You won't beleive me but 'Foucault's Pendulum' was actually fun to me. If 
>> even 'painful' sometimes. Eco has a peculiar sense of humour that might 
>> have been lost on Rushdie altogether. As for 'gobbledygook', well, 
>> Rushdie is full of it, all those India-specific words you need a glossary 
>> to understand purposefully encumbered one upon another in his novels. 
>> Finding out their meanings have been painful to me, and that was not as 
>> rewarding as finding out Eco's allusions. And to demote such a serious 
>> book as 'Foucault's Pendulum' to the rank of 'a computer game', that's 
>> puerile to me. Rushdie, re-read the bloody book!!!
>