Fw:other books with the Philosopher's Stone

[psychic_serpent <psychic_serpent@yahoo.com>]

Heidi wrote:
 
> > > As I'm making it fully off topic, does anyone else have recs 
> > > of books containing the philosopher's stone?

I'm probably showing my age here, but Elizabeth Enright's "Gone-Away 
Lake" mentions the legend of the Philosopher's Stone.  I believe it 
may also be mentioned in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."  
Frankly, if the US version of the first book had retained 
the "Philosopher's Stone" title instead of being changed 
to "Sorcerer's Stone" I probably would have picked up on the Nicolas 
Flamel thing sooner, as I know perfectly well what alchemy is and 
could have connected it to the Philosopher's Stone.  When I first 
read the book, I thought the "Sorcerer's Stone" was something JKR 
made up.  When I reached the part describing what the Sorcerer's 
Stone is supposed to be, I thought, "That's the Philosopher's 
Stone!"  I wondered why she didn't use its proper name.  I was such 
a babe in the woods I didn't yet know that had been the original 
title.  Gah.  Changing that title should go down as one of the 
stupidest things that's ever occurred in publishing...

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