My brother recently finished the trilogy and really enjoyed it. Then a coworker I haven’t seen in a year in a half (due to hybrid schedule I only see some co-workers at the Christmas Party) told me he had just read it and recommended it. Its apparently about preparing for an alien invasion force that will arrive in 200 years.
Also for any baseball fans GO RANGERS!!!!! My favorite team since childhood and only team not to do the pride crap. Hope they can finally get a World Series ring
Eco's specialty was language, symbolism, literature, and the Medieval. The Name of the Rose combines all of that! It was perfect for me. I've tried to read two other Eco books and couldn't finish them.
Similarly, I admire Noam Chomsky's linguistics work for his originality and his contributions that have advanced even computer science. I do NOT admire--or care--about his political blatherings.