Favorite novel/short story/article?

So, for our extra credit post, let's talk about our favorite readings. Personally, I like The Lingua Franca, mainly because fantasy/science fiction is one of my favorite genres. Calcutta Chromosome is fine, but it had more a feel of a historical novel to me as the author went through the history of malaria. Switching the narratives was cool though, especially as you got near the end and everything was starting to tie together. After having read As I Lay Dying (which probably has the shortest chapter, btw), switching narratives isn't really that bad. To summarize, Calcutta Chromosome has its positives, but as a whole, I enjoyed Lingua Franca more.

Rhode Island is neither a road, nor an island... Discuss....

How about we talk about Foucault?! Yaaayyy!
So! I'm a Francophone, I love Foucault, I read lots about him. I found it interesting that the English translation was The Order of Things, but en francais, it's "the words and things." I think that the latter is more appropriate. Do you??
And I wanna continue the question that Dr. Tiff asked in class... do you think that the Age of Resemblences or the Classical Age is a more accurate way of thinking and operating? I gave my answer in class. I think maybe it's both happening simultaneously, the natural world being an undertone and the way humans develop just adds layers of order, but it doesn't cancel out the natural world.

The Calcutta Chromosome

I wanted to talk a little bit about the book. I know we were only supposed to read up til chapter 39 for today, but I really want to get y'all's input on the ending. So it is implied that Urmila, Somali, and Murugan are able to make it to the station and go with Mangala. I thought it was pretty interesting that Urmila was the one chosen to "host" Mangala, but I was wondering what you guys thought Murugan meant when he began begging Urmila to take her with him wherever she went? And also, why was Murugan so unkempt when he appears in Antar's room? What had happened between 1995 and Antar's time? What I'm basically trying to say is, how did you guys interpret the ending?