Foucault's Pendulum
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    1988
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    Suspense
  • Pages:
    623
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Three clever editors (who have spent altogether too much time reviewing crackpot manuscripts on the occult by fanatics and dilettantes) decide to have a little fun. They are inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years before from a suspiciously natty colonel, who claimed to know of a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy.

On a lark, the editors begin randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entries. What they believe they are creating is 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.
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    • First Edition
    • Nov-1990
    • Ballantine
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0345368754
    • ISBN13: 9780345368751
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    • Jul-1997
    • Ballantine
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0345418271
    • ISBN13: 9780345418272
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    • Jun-2001
    • Vintage (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0099287153
    • ISBN13: 9780099287155
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    • Mar-2007
    • Harvest
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 015603297X
    • ISBN13: 9780156032971
    •  
    • Jul-2023
    • HarperCollins
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0063279657
    • ISBN13: 9780063279650
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    • Nov-1989
    • Harcourt
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0151327653
    • ISBN13: 9780151327652
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    • Nov-1995
    • Harcourt
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0151002150
    • ISBN13: 9780151002153
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    • Mar-2007
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Mar-2007
    • Harcourt
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0547539681
    • ISBN13: 9780547539683
    •  
    • Sep-2014
    • Vintage
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1448181984
    • ISBN13: 9781448181988
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    • Oct-1995
    • MacMillan Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1559273593
    • ISBN13: 9781559273596
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    • Feb-2000
    • MacMillan Audio
    • audible.com (abridged)



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