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I thought Piranesi was clearly science fiction rather than fantasy. Everything within the House operates by entirely natural processes, and while its existence and connection with the real world are unexplained, they are assumptions more like (say) faster-than-light travel than a system of magic. And the main character is a scientist trying to understand the world. Danny Yee ( talk) 13:23, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
The Wikipedia article Imaginary Prisons begins: "The Prisons (Carceri d'invenzione or Imaginary Prisons) is a series of 16 prints by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the 18th century. They depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs and mighty machines." It looks as though those prints may have been the inspiration for the book and that the artist's name provided its title. But I suppose we'd need a citation before we could put that in. JH ( talk page) 08:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
This is being/was broadcast on weekday nights as (I believe) their "Book at bedtime" (22:45-23:00) on BBC Radio 4 in ten 15-minute episodes over the period 2022/02/07-18. SlySven ( talk) 23:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I've just read the book and now this entry... how is there no discussion of the numerous references to the minotaur, which are far less "veiled" than what is discussed on this page? and nothing in discussion, unless the Wikipedia app is failing me somehow? It's been a long time since I've done any official literary analysis, surely someone out there can do this topic justice? 2601:206:8102:7CA0:7002:3F24:8A7D:42B8 ( talk) 08:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
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I thought Piranesi was clearly science fiction rather than fantasy. Everything within the House operates by entirely natural processes, and while its existence and connection with the real world are unexplained, they are assumptions more like (say) faster-than-light travel than a system of magic. And the main character is a scientist trying to understand the world. Danny Yee ( talk) 13:23, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
The Wikipedia article Imaginary Prisons begins: "The Prisons (Carceri d'invenzione or Imaginary Prisons) is a series of 16 prints by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the 18th century. They depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs and mighty machines." It looks as though those prints may have been the inspiration for the book and that the artist's name provided its title. But I suppose we'd need a citation before we could put that in. JH ( talk page) 08:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
This is being/was broadcast on weekday nights as (I believe) their "Book at bedtime" (22:45-23:00) on BBC Radio 4 in ten 15-minute episodes over the period 2022/02/07-18. SlySven ( talk) 23:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I've just read the book and now this entry... how is there no discussion of the numerous references to the minotaur, which are far less "veiled" than what is discussed on this page? and nothing in discussion, unless the Wikipedia app is failing me somehow? It's been a long time since I've done any official literary analysis, surely someone out there can do this topic justice? 2601:206:8102:7CA0:7002:3F24:8A7D:42B8 ( talk) 08:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)