Three books somehow related to Sister Rochelle & the Bad Priest

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Eco: he's perfectly named. Sounds interesting, but essentially the empty repetition of the yawps of others.

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From: Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Three books somehow related to Sister Rochelle & the Bad Priest

I simply don't enjoy Eco's style, in particular voice(s).  Not a fun guy!
That Eco is thoughtful and his writing well researched is insufficient for
me.

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Henry Mu
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's my problem with Eco:  endless and pointless conspiracies.  His
> banal point: humans believe in conspiracies inside of conspiracies, ad
> infinitum.  History is the fodder for this tendency.  If you enjoy
> following these bread crumb tales, Eco's your man (I also dislike
> R.A.Wilson's Illuminatis books for the same reason - but at least he
> was having fun).  COL49 did it much better, with more depth and
> creativity.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > The Prague Cemetery is not as good as The Name of the Rose or Foucault's
> Pendulum but it's better than his other novels.   Apparently every
> character in the book, except the narrator,  has an historical basis and
> involved in a conspiracy almost as good as that of the Templars.
> >
> > Bekah
>

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