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[#10-7]

three dan brown books occupy the top five sellers this week.
the DaVinci code and Angels and Demons are two of the biggest sellers of the year...
has anyone read any of his stuff? whats he like?

 

[egg_]

I think Roxy liked the DaVinci code

 

[snakybus]

no egg, I disagree

I don't think she did

 

[krystal]

bukes, wha?
waste o time.

 

[egg_]

snakybus I shake my fist at thee

Decided against reading books anymore, at least for a little while. They have too much bloody influence on me, I start half-thinking I am the main protagonist, it's so hard to sort my head out afterwards. Not healthy at all

 

[snakybus]

I find I can't identify with characters

so I'm finding non-fiction more interesting these days

 

[#10-7]

snakybus I shake my fist at thee

Decided against reading books anymore, at least for a little while. They have too much bloody influence on me, I start half-thinking I am the main protagonist, it's so hard to sort my head out afterwards. Not healthy at all

well here, don't read any serial killer biographies....

 

[Diddles]

I read about a third of Angels and Demons - it was fucking shite. And I wouldn't even bother reading The Da Vinci Code - read The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail - the book he plagiarised.

 

[Yurn!]

He's cunt. I tried to read The Da Vinci code and got to something like 'He sat up on the edge of his bed. He looked like Harrison Ford' and fucked it out the window.

 

[Wilbert]

I find I can't identify with characters

so I'm finding non-fiction more interesting these days

I have a book that has a character in it you may identify with.
It's called The Big Arsehole.

 

[Wilbert]

read The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail - the book he plagiarised.

Don't read that either as it is as much a work of fiction as Browns book.

 

[Goff]

I read about a third of Angels and Demons - it was fucking shite. And I wouldn't even bother reading The Da Vinci Code - read The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail - the book he plagiarised.

He didn't plagiarise it, as was proven in court.

Yes, he used part of the premise in his buke. But the difference is his buke was fiction. The other one was, as Baignent and Leigh are at pains to tell us, fact.

The DaVinci Code is a good, badly written, read. But it's the same as his other bukes. They all have the same plot. As artistic literature, he's a piss poor writer, with one trick.

If you were to read one of them, read The DaVinci Code.

 

[RSJ]

read The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail - the book he plagiarised.

I found that extremely unreadable. Most of the dan brown stuff though i found very readable (as someone who very very rarely reads fiction). They're holiday/travelling books really, easy on the brain, good bit of suspense, easy characters and enough interesting info to keep you interested for the duration of a train journey or whatever. Preferred angels and demons to da vinci code. As for "artistic literature", that's a bit like comparing Woody Allen with Friends.

 

[frona]

snakybus I shake my fist at thee

Decided against reading books anymore, at least for a little while. They have too much bloody influence on me, I start half-thinking I am the main protagonist, it's so hard to sort my head out afterwards. Not healthy at all

I got that with Crime and Punishment. It was scaaaary.

You should read some non fiction. That thing doesn't happen with non fiction. At least, I don't think I'm Mao Tse Tung at the moment.

 

[therealjohnny]

You should read some non fiction. That thing doesn't happen with non fiction.

I've been reading the Haynes mini manual 1969-81

I now think I'm a classic car with a leaky gearbox

vrooom vroom

 

[MDR]

I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo. The most seriously page-turning book I have ever read. Went through 450 pages in one week (I usually read about 100 per week). A really enjoyable read.

 

[TenRabbits]

I managed about a third of the DaVinci Code..

shiiiiiiiiiite. it's like Spot for adults.

There's Spot.

See Spot run.

What's that chasing you Spot?

It's not your tail. It's a homicidal albino monk!

 

[Lili Marlene]

I got that with Crime and Punishment. It was scaaaary.

You should read some non fiction. That thing doesn't happen with non fiction. At least, I don't think I'm Mao Tse Tung at the moment.

Everything is fiction.

copyright: college.

 

[Wizard]

He didn't plagiarise it, as was proven in court.

Yes, he used part of the premise in his buke. But the difference is his buke was fiction. The other one was, as Baignent and Leigh are at pains to tell us, fact.

The DaVinci Code is a good, badly written, read. But it's the same as his other bukes. They all have the same plot. As artistic literature, he's a piss poor writer, with one trick.

If you were to read one of them, read The DaVinci Code.

I thought it was good - DaVinci Code but them all I wanted at the time was mind numbing reading - I was flying at the time and was stuck in a plane for what seems like ages. Digital Fortress was quite good.
Wiz

 

[evil bandit]

About two years ago my mates bird told me about a book called 'The DaVinci Code' and made out that it was a secret underground book that would bring down the Catholic Church so I thought I'd have to check it out.

The next day I went into Eason and asked the girl at the helpdesk if she'd ever heard of a book called 'The Davinci Code' by Dan Brown, thinking she'd either say "no" and I'd laugh at her not being as cool as me or she'd say "yes" and be impressed at my knowledge of hip, cult literature.

Unfortunatley she just looked at me with nothing but contempt then half heartedly gestured in the direction of a MASSIVE display covering about three shelves full of the aforementioned book