| Record Number |
822049 |
| ISBN |
9780156032971 (paperback) |
| Author |
Eco, Umberto author. |
| Title |
Foucault's pendulum / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver. |
| Edition |
First Harvest edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Orlando, FL : Harcourt, 2007. |
| ©1989 |
| Pagination etc. |
x, 623 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Summary Note |
Three editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable about a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy, begin feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into a sophisticated computer, creating an incredible game that begins taking over. Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up the Plan, a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled, a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the Earth. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Subject |
Religions -- Fiction |
| Idolatry -- Fiction |
| Vodou -- Fiction |
| Foucault's pendulum -- Fiction |
| Alchemists -- Fiction |
| Thought and thinking -- Fiction |
| Italian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English |
| Psychological fiction. |
| Paranormal fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
| Added Author |
Weaver, William, 1923-2013 translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F ECO |
