Site on conspiracy theories, evolving out of Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum.
An interview with Eco.
"Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco expounds upon the Net, writing, The Osteria, libraries, the continental divide, Marshall Mcluhan,and, well, God." A profile/interview.
"Umberto Eco in his essay, Travels in Hyperreality, saw the emergence of the age of simulation. He recognized that when simulations promise us something better than real, it is often a disguised sales pitch." Commentary on Eco's commentary.
A profile of the author, with selected bibliography.
A humorous cartoon portrait of the author, at a Polish-language website.
A brief bit of wit from Eco himself on personal computing operating systems, and the religious divide betwixt the two main churches.
Several interviews or interview-based articles about Umberto Eco.
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