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by InitialLastName 1067 days ago
That's OK, I had the same feeling about Foucault's Pendulum and Illuminatus!. It's like there's a conspiracy among publishers to rehash the "what if the conspiracy theories are real" plot every few decades.
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SPOILERS (for 30+ year old book, hah)

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To me, the delightful thing about Foucault's Pendulum distinct from the broader "conspiracy fiction" genre is that there is no conspiracy discovered, only created.

And that's a fundamentally different story and investigation into human nature than a straight conspiracy story like Da Vinci Code - IMO, a much more interesting one.

Spoilers for a 40+ year old book:

The conclusion of Illuminatus! is a level of indirection above that.

To each their own; I didn't make it through the series but it felt much more fantastical vs "depressingly real" as it were.
No conspiracy, the books sell. People buy and enjoy them. Not my thing, but it is what it is.