tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post6767224326259243015..comments2023-08-15T07:12:07.964-07:00Comments on Paulus Torchus: GesamtkunstwerkPaul Mathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-14230395040462593102009-09-09T21:12:40.435-07:002009-09-09T21:12:40.435-07:00Exactly and yes, I agree that the covers are prett...Exactly and yes, I agree that the covers are pretty clever. I could not imagine reading the thing or purchasing the it. I take my Pride and Prejudice straight.<br /><br />Nice Eco quote, btw.Paul Mathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-27150222174824612009-09-09T11:01:17.939-07:002009-09-09T11:01:17.939-07:00I personally like the covers to Pride and Prejudic...I personally like the covers to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies" rel="nofollow">Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</a> (and the forthcoming <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility_and_Sea_Monsters" rel="nofollow">Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters</a>) much more than the idea of actually reading these books. I was curious, just for the irreverent schlock of it, but looking at excerpts, it just doesn't seem like a gag that will continue to be funny after the first, oh, 5 pages.<br /><br />I like the incongruity of it. Which reminds me of a passage from Eco's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_pendulum" rel="nofollow">Foucault's Pendulum</a>:<br /><br /><em>Though distrustful of logical chains of ideas, I loved the polyphony of ideas. As long as you don't believe in them, the collision of two ideas—both false—can create a pleasing interval, a kind of </em>diabolus in musica<em>. I had no respect for some ideas people were willing to stake their lives on, but two or three ideas that I did not respect might still make a nice melody. Or have a good beat, and if it was jazz, all the better.</em>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com