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

[Don McClure]

on 5/10/02 11:03 AM, alex j avriette at avriettea at speakeasy.net wrote:

> 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

Ah but Tolkien's "wordy"ness is part of the charm. Tolkien himself said that
LOTR wasn't long enough...


Don McClure
Bel Air, MD