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by: Umberto Eco  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $22.45 You Save: $2.50 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 6 to 10 days
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Binding: Audio CassetteDewey Decimal Number: 853.914 EAN: 9781559273596 Edition: Abridged Format: Abridged, Audiobook ISBN: 1559273593 Label: Macmillan Audio Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio Number Of Items: 4 Publication Date: October 15, 1995 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Studio: Macmillan Audio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: One Colonel Ardenti, who has unnaturally black, brilliantined hair, a carefully-groomed mustache, wears maroon socks, and who once served in the Foreign Legion, starts it all. He tells three Milan book editors that he has discovered a coded message about a Templar Plan, centuries old and involving Stonehenge -- a plan to tap a mystic source of power far greater than atomic energy. The editors, who have spent altogether too much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult by fanatics and dilettantes, decide to have a little fun. They'll create a Plan of their own. But how? Randomly they throw together manuscript pages on hermetic thought; The Masters of the World, who live beneath the earth, The Comte de Sain-Germain, who lives forever. They add Satanic initiation rites of the Knights of the Temple, Assassins, Rosicrucians, Brazilian voodoo, the Third Reich. And they feed all this, and much more, into their powerful computer, Abulafia. A terrific joke, they think, until the Plan assumes and life and power of its own, and turns deadly -- as people mysteriously begin to disappear, one by one, starting with Colonel Ardenti. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - before the Da vinci code there was Foucault's PendulumI don't like the slimy hero or his publishing house friends. The lunacy that goes on in this book seems like the late Egyptian empire descent into insane magic. That the book inspired a later American best seller doesn't make it right for me. I had a very hard time reading this book as it is slow and full of a half way history of satanic beastality and secret societies in Europe. Since the main character also does a book on metal and the science and technology involved, ... Read More Rating:  - Waste of TimeThis has to be the worst book I have ever read. One of the other reviewers talked about the necessity of having a dictionary at hand - that is an understatement. The book is written at an intellectual and vocabulary level well beyond that of most college graduates - including those holding advanced degrees. The amount of arcane information is incredible and the reader (at least this reader) spends an inordinate amount of time attempting to comprehend what is written. As far as comprehending the "plethora ... Read More Rating:  - Suggested Pairing - Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsThis book is a miracle; I loved it. Most of my thoughts about it are stated in other reviews - you can see how many different meanings readers have taken from it; I believe that this is intentional based on author's comments. Anyway, I had the happy accident of reading Charles MacKay's "Extraodinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" right after this book, totally at random (I had owned it for years w/o opening it). I wish I had read it before Foucault's Pendulum. It has about 200 pages ... Read More Rating: - Loved it! (The second time around.)I have to say that I had to read this book twice to really appreciate the story. I have trudged through a great deal of literature in my time (it's my undergrad), and "Pendulum"--the first time, was among the most dense. However, I wanted to give it a second go (for no other reason than I wanted to) and I was not disappointed. I absolutely loved it. I highly recommend this gem, even though it might take a couple of trips to enjoy the journey :-) Rating:  - Read "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" FirstIf I had not read the above first, I think F's P would have harder to follow. This reads a lot like a novelized version of the Baigent/Leigh/Lincoln book. I wish the novel had started with the visit by Col Ardenti and stuck to that story line. But, Eco is a professor and is probably using this as a forum for his philosophies. He is also writing for a more intellectual audience. I think the hype was a little overblown, though. I would recommend it if you don't mind not being able to finish it in one read. It's ... Read More 
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