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April 21, 2009
Dan Brown ready to Inflict New Book on America
Robert Langdon will grin again.
NEW YORK (AFP) — A follow-up by writer Dan Brown to his hugely popular conspiracy thriller "The Da Vinci Code" will go on sale in September, the publishers and author said Monday.The "Da Vinci Code" was a decent timewaster, but a terrible book. A lot of Christians were offended by the ideas in the book. Personally, I was more irritated by the two-dimensional characters and the wooden dialogue. Each character seemed to exist only as a conduit for Brown's philosophy. Langdon represents the seeker/scholar; Leigh Teabing is the expositor; Sophie Neveu is the innocent who asks all the right questions at oh-so-convenient times; and Silas is the voice and representative of the evil Catholic church."The Lost Symbol," featuring Da Vinci Code protagonist Robert Langdon, will go on sale with an initial print run of five million copies on September 15, Brown said on his website.
"This is a great day for readers and booksellers," said Sonny Mehta, chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
"The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history."
I wonder what harebrained theory Brown will come up with in this book?
Posted by slublog at April 21, 2009 08:52 PM
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At least Brown will wake up Catholics that sleep in the back row. A good provocation is not always a bad thing.
Posted by: MAS1916 at April 22, 2009 12:33 PM
The Da Vinci Code was bad enough (even the title is dumb - it's like calling the Fibonacci series the 'of Pisa' series) but Angels and Demons remains one of the few books I have ever actually thrown out (rather than merely stopped reading). A large chunk of the action is supposed to take place at CERN, but Brown was either too arrogant or too clueless to get a first year physics undergraduate to run a critical eye over the text. There are innumerable howlers within the first few pages.. It's embarrassing.
Posted by: David Gillies at April 22, 2009 04:27 PM
It was a decent book,(the Da Vinci code) he twisted tons of facts to make a better story. who cares?
terrible book? no
I kinda liked it, no matter the truth of the matter. it's fiction!
Posted by: M.Cook at April 23, 2009 01:55 AM
It's not the twisting of history that bothers me - I didn't find his ideas offensive in the least. Imagine those same concepts in the hand of a better writer, though - like Dan Simmons.
Posted by: Slublog at April 23, 2009 12:27 PM
Far worse than his throwing up another book is that we may see a movie come out of it...
... ick.
Posted by: S.Littlefield at April 23, 2009 02:41 PM