I tend tofind Foucault condescending and a little insulting at times. Besides, the only people who read him usually are grad students because they have to, and pompous 'literati' who need to be able to drop his name into conversations at cocktail parties. I just launch into them with Goethe and tell them to get to fuck.
As I said already, it's a moot point. It's all subjective. I happen to like varied writings. I particularly loved the first and second chronicles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever and I've had some ding dong fights with tolkien nazis on those two subjects.
(As I said already, it's a moot point. It's all subjective. I happen to like varied writings. I particularly loved the first and second chronicles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever and I've had some ding dong fights with tolkien nazis on those two subjects.
Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?,
Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:17,
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tee-hee!Not Foucault's "Pendulum", Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum".
See how great punctuation is?
(See how great punctuation is?
The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:29,
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ahh. If onlyI were better read.
( Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?,
Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:39,
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You launch into them with Goethe?I don't understand how anyone who knows Goethe
could be a fan of Dan Brown. Just because
pompous fucks like Eco doesn't make it bad.
Personally, I prefer Arturo Perez-Reverte over
Eco, lighter style and better dialog and great irony.
But Dan Brown gives me the shuddering heebie-jeebies...
Purple Onion,
Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:30,
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I was misled.I'm afraid I can't comment on Eco as I have never read any of it. I was referring to a guy called Michel Foucault who was a pompous, condescending twat.
Horses for courses. I read anything and everything I can get my hands on, what I like is what appeals to me at the time. Some adults like Harry Potter, yet I for one could never comprehend reading children's stories stolen from classical mythology.
(Horses for courses. I read anything and everything I can get my hands on, what I like is what appeals to me at the time. Some adults like Harry Potter, yet I for one could never comprehend reading children's stories stolen from classical mythology.
Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?,
Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:43,
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