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post #51 of 71
9/18/09 at 12:56pm
Judas, it’s obvious.

Both are fizzy, brown and can make a penny shiny.
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post #52 of 71
9/18/09 at 3:42pm
Thread Starter 
FACT:

This sold 1,000,000 copies on Day 1, and the print run order is up to almost six million.
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post #53 of 71
9/18/09 at 6:58pm
Freemasons: Not a secret organization, but rather an organization that has secrets.

Coca Cola: Not a secret company, but rather a company that has a secret recipe for delicious fizz.

See? Comparable.
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post #54 of 71
9/18/09 at 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by CocoaSugarbaker View Post
Freemasons: Not a secret organization, but rather an organization that has secrets.

Coca Cola: Not a secret company, but rather a company that has a secret recipe for delicious fizz.

See? Comparable.
*buries his face in his hands*
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post #55 of 71
9/18/09 at 7:30pm
Sigh...I have never read any of Brown's novels or seen the films. But seeing as how my name is Dan Browne, I am sure to encounter a whole new wave of comedians with this new one out.
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post #56 of 71
9/18/09 at 7:31pm
Ouch. Maybe you'll get less hate if you change your name to Osama bin Laden?
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post #57 of 71
9/19/09 at 8:18pm
On the bright side, Browne with an e at the end certainly looks more classy than the alternative.
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post #58 of 71
9/20/09 at 12:18am
I heard the book comes with a pack of crayons, any truth to that?
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post #59 of 71
9/21/09 at 9:38am
Is there anything as stupid as the jumping out of a helicopter with a piece of cloth as a parachute scene from Angels and Demons? I remember laughing out loud on a crowded train when I first read that.
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post #60 of 71
9/21/09 at 6:39pm
I'll watch some pretty terrible movies and tv shows. I'm not going to pretend I'm too good to read Dan Brown's latest novel. In fact, I just finished it yesterday. Yes, he's not a great writer. Cliffhangers at the end of every 3-page chapter are ridiculous. Recycling the same stock characters for all five of his novels is absurd. But the man is a great storyteller. I wanted to keep reading to find out where he was going with it. Great literature? Hell no. Fun little book to read on a plane or by the pool? Sure.

I have strong feelings about the final mystery, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone who may want to remain unspoiled.
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post #61 of 71
9/21/09 at 6:43pm
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I'll watch some pretty terrible movies and tv shows. I'm not going to pretend I'm too good to read Dan Brown's latest novel. In fact, I just finished it yesterday. Yes, he's not a great writer. Cliffhangers at the end of every 3-page chapter are ridiculous. Recycling the same stock characters for all five of his novels is absurd. But the man is a great storyteller. I wanted to keep reading to find out where he was going with it. Great literature? Hell no. Fun little book to read on a plane or by the pool? Sure.

I have strong feelings about the final mystery, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone who may want to remain unspoiled.
I read the RL Stein 'Goosebump' books growing up. This is exactly the same technique he used to terrorize third graders. How pathetic that this same "literary device" is now the driving force behind the most popular series of books written for ADULTS in this nation.

I've seen displays with this novel at my local supermarket, and have considered picking one up. I think I might just wait for the abridged audiobook, which is how I finally managed to get through the Da Vinci Code.
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post #62 of 71
9/22/09 at 2:34am
JVC, I've never had a problem getting through DB's books, but for some reason, I just cannot get a good reading system going here. I keep waiting for it to pick up, and it keeps dragging.

I swear that I can almost picture the "villain" twirling his mustache.
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post #63 of 71
10/2/09 at 10:26pm
Someone sent me this after we were chatting about this book, it's an English Professor's attempt to point out every error or piece of bad writing just on the first page of the Da Vinci Code.

It's quite funny and I like to imagine the his totally exasperated face as he types it out.
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post #64 of 71
10/9/09 at 4:54pm
Anyone NOT work out Mal'akh = Zachary between a quarter to a third of the way through?
Does he do this so the reader can give himself a 'pat-on-the-back' for working this out before the BIG REVEAL?

...Encyclopedia Brown > Robert Langdon
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post #65 of 71
10/10/09 at 11:38pm
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This book has proved to be quite esoteric. ESOTERIC.
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post #66 of 71
11/1/09 at 9:45pm
The Lost Symbol is the equivilant of gorging on McDonalds. It's not good for you but it tastes great and then afterwards, you feel sick.

As for the mystery surrounding the bad guy, I pretty much guessed it way too early on. My hope was that it would be one of those fake-outs where you think there's a twist coming and it never arrives. Seriously, if you can't figure out that twist, you don't deserve your brain.
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post #67 of 71
11/3/09 at 11:09pm
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The Lost Symbol is the equivilant of gorging on McDonalds. It's not good for you but it tastes great and then afterwards, you feel sick.

As for the mystery surrounding the bad guy, I pretty much guessed it way too early on. My hope was that it would be one of those fake-outs where you think there's a twist coming and it never arrives. Seriously, if you can't figure out that twist, you don't deserve your brain.
Wrong. There is nothing good about Brown or McDonalds.
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post #68 of 71
11/5/09 at 2:57am
Just finished. Imagine that.

I never want to see the word "exponentially" ever again. EVER.
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post #69 of 71
11/30/09 at 12:59pm
OK, I'm about a quarter of the way into it. I want to correct one big error that he's brought up regarding Freemasonry: The highest degree of Masonry is NOT the 33rd degree, it's the 3rd.

Technically, there are only 3 degrees to Masonry:
First: Entered Apprentice
Second: Fellowcraft
Third: Master Mason

That's all that you need to be a member of a Lodge. Everything above and beyond those 3 degress involves joining either the York or Scottish Rites. Brown is full of beans when he continually refers to the characters as 32nd (or 33rd) degree Masons, but he is correct when he makes mention of the fact that the 33rd degree is an honorary degree.

Another thing: some of the ritual work that he's described is fairly incorrect.
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post #70 of 71
12/1/09 at 1:53pm
Thread Starter 
Stop trying to throw us off your trail with rhetorical propaganda. We all know you're hiding the lost wisdom of the ages.
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post #71 of 71
12/1/09 at 1:58pm
I got a bit further in it last night. Brown DID correct my complaint regarding the degrees by having Langdon 'clarify' the whole Scottish Rite issue.
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