: [...]
: Funny you should mention Eco: I loathed The
: Name of the Rose when I read it first, as I
: thought the author went too far with his
: heavy-handed archetypes (Sherlock Holmes vs
: Jorge Luis Borges, indeed!). As for
: Foucault's Pendulum, it left a bitter taste
: in my mind: a thourough debunking of dreams
: and fantasies...
:
: Maybe I should give him a second chance,
: though.

Eco's Baudolino might be more to your liking.
Cheers,
Schewek