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That's OK, I had the same feeling about Foucault's Pendulum and Illuminatus!. It's like there's a conspiracy among publishers to rehash the "what if the conspi
by InitialLastName 3y ago
That's OK, I had the same feeling about Foucault's Pendulum and Illuminatus!. It's like there's a conspiracy among publishers to rehash the "what if the conspiracy theories are real" plot every few decades.
- BEEdwards 3y agoNo conspiracy, the books sell. People buy and enjoy them. Not my thing, but it is what it is.
- majormajor 3y agoSPOILERS (for 30+ year old book, hah) --- To me, the delightful thing about Foucault's Pendulum distinct from the broader "conspiracy fiction" genre is that there is no conspiracy discovered, only created. And that's a fundamentally different story and investigation into human nature than a straight conspiracy story like Da Vinci Code - IMO, a much more interesting one.
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- InitialLastName 3y agoSpoilers for a 40+ year old book: The conclusion of Illuminatus! is a level of indirection above that.
- majormajor 3y agoTo each their own; I didn't make it through the series but it felt much more fantastical vs "depressingly real" as it were.