chomerics Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Well, I read the Rule of Four last week, and it was an interesting book. It was a puzzle book, wrapped around a case of historical intrigue and significancein the Renaissance era. I decided to do a bit of research on the book, and there are a few web pages devoted to it. It is largely considered the greatest book of the Renaissance era, but it is one of the most difficult books to read in history. The author uses Greek, Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and interchanges them at free will. Well, just curious as to if any other ES people have come across this book. . . BTW, it can be found online here. http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HP/hyp000.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez3 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Chom-What good is that site, it's not even written in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Chom, I assume you have read The Name of the Rose and The INstance of the Fingerpost? I recommend both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Chom, I assume you have read The Name of the Rose and The INstance of the Fingerpost? I recommend both. Yea, the Name of the Rose is probably my favorite book of all time. Eco's writing is great, but I will be the first to admit it's a bit over my head. I had to use dictionary.com as a reference when I read Focault's Pendulum :laugh: I haven't read Instance of the Fingerpost, I will check it out though. I am really getting into the reniassance era conspiracy novels, but they usually feed into my disdain for the Vatican and the RCC. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Chom-What good is that site, it's not even written in English? I take it you're not a latin fan huh? :laugh: There has been a single translation into English, but I have not seen it online, and this was a link to the actual book. There are a bunch of interesting puzzles in the book, and many people think there is a code written in the book which has not been solved yet. I was just curious to see if anyone else has stumbled across this book, if they attempted to read it, or if they read the translation and what their thoughts were on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez3 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Did you read the latin version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yea, the Name of the Rose is probably my favorite book of all time. Eco's writing is great, but I will be the first to admit it's a bit over my head. I had to use dictionary.com as a reference when I read Focault's Pendulum :laugh:I haven't read Instance of the Fingerpost, I will check it out though. I am really getting into the reniassance era conspiracy novels, but they usually feed into my disdain for the Vatican and the RCC. :laugh: Ive read three Umberto Eco books, and I'm not going to bother with any more. Name of the Rose is amazing, the others are utter selfindulgent crap trying to recreate the magic of that one book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Did you read the latin version? No, my two years of Latin barely gives me the authority to conjugate correctly, let alone translate a book such as this :laugh: That doesn't mean that there aren't others on the board who have heard of the book before and know a little bit about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Ive read three Umberto Eco books, and I'm not going to bother with any more. Name of the Rose is amazing, the others are utter selfindulgent crap trying to recreate the magic of that one book. Hey, at least I know it wasn't me :laugh: I had similar thoughts about Focault's Pendulum. . . He writes in a way to make others think they are inferior to his intellect. . . either that, or I am a complete numbskull :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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