wordy authors (was: Re: [geeks] okay. )

[alex j avriette]

On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 07:47 AM, Chris Byrne wrote:

> Ol J.R.R. was a linguistics professor at Harvard. Kinda explains some of
> that wordy and thick stuff dont it.
>
> Chris Byrne

Yup. Myself, I never cared for the Tolkein books (I tried really hard). 
However, if you want some dense wordy stuff, try Eco. _In the Name of 
the Rose_ and (my favorite), _Foucault's Pendulum_. The man is a 
semiotics professor, and let me tell you, his vocabulary is out of this 
world.

Alex