false 32670355 231809 255987 0345368754 9780345368751 61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173197883m/255987.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173197883s/255987.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255987.Foucault_s_Pendulum 3.81 345 THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over....
Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--or indeed anyone--has ever devised.]]> 1730 3.86 30318 2681 1988 0 0 false Thu Sep 11 23:04:31 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 23:04:38 -0700 2008