The Cathedral
We were kind of tempted to put Notre-Dame in the "Characters" section simply because it plays such a huge role in this novel. You should definitely read our "What's Up with the Title?" section if y...
The Printing Press
Stamping Out More than Just Pages since the 15th CenturyThe chapter "This Will Kill That" (Book V.II) is devoted to sticking it to the printing press for utterly ruining the glorious art of archite...
The Spider and the Fly
When life throws you a conceit, you run with it. No, really. A conceit is an unintuitive extended metaphor that requires some explanation before it convinces us that it actually works.So while a st...