Just finished reading Dan Browns The Davinci Code.

[0roo0roo]

i find in general its better to go to the next hot author instead of trying to find out if the author has hit another home run. generally they haven't.

 

[z0mb13]

read angels and demons, have a lot of stuff about the conclave.. which will happen in the vatican in a couple of days

 

[coolred]

Is Angels and Demons a lot like the Da Vinci Code? Religious stuff like that is not something I would normally be interested in reading. When I got The Da Vinci code, i din't even really know what it was about, except for reading some of what was written on the cover of the book. I new it was one of the hottest new books, so I gave it a try. Had it not been so supensful and have the whole code and everything you had to decipher, I probablly wouldn't have read past the first few chapters.

SO if Angels and Demons is the same type of thing I will check it out, if not I will probablly pass.


I did go ahead and pick up Dan Browns Deception Point a few days ago, since I got it cheap. I am probablly 4/5's of the way through and it is just as good as The Da Vinci Code. At least in my opinion. I am not a big book reader. It has to be good for me to want to read it. But by that same token, it may not have to be the best written book ever. I know a lot of people don't like some of Dan's work for reasons like lack of charecter development. I don't care if 5 chapters are used just to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about a character. All I need is thier name, why they are important to the plot of the story and maybe a little more about them, but not much.


If it tells you anything I am a huge fan of Tom Clancy's Net Force Series of books. I know many others that think these books are horrible, but I like them, they are an area of interest for me, so I didn't even notice if they had bad writing, they kept my interest.


So what good books are there like these I have mentioned. I like books dealing with computers, I will likely end up getting digital fortress even though it got a lot of bad reviews, and I imagine I will probablly like it. I like Deception Point with all the meteroite and government cover up type of stuff. So what else is available like that?

 

[mb]

I have enjoyed all of Dan Browns books, and I generally don't like to read that much.

 

[coolred]

Thats good to know, at least I am not alone

 

[ghostman]

Well, I really liked Da Vinci Code when I read it a few months back. I just finished reading Angels & Demons this week and I liked it just as much as Da Vinci Code. It's the prequel to the Da Vinci Code, so the character (Robert Langdon) is the same. As such, the topics are similar (it's actually quite educational given our current events...). Many of the people I've talked to actually liked Angels & Demons more than Da Vinci Code, but that might be because it has more of a "blockbuster action movie" type plot.

I'm also not big on reading and I really don't care at all about art and religion, but I was anxious to continue reading both Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Oh, make sure you follow the art work as he describes it for both books at Dan Brown's website.

 

[coolred]

Alright, wel I have read the Da Vinci Code, Deception point, Digital Fortress, and am about 3/4's of the way through Angels and Deamons. I hear he has a new book coming out, but not sure when. I thinks its called Solomons Key and may also be another Robert Langdon book.

But since I will likely have Angels an Deamons done within a couple days, I am now in search of a new book to read. As I said, I was never much into reading, but Dan Brown(well actually Nelson Demille with Night Falls)got me into reading. I like Demilles book, but the rest of his seem less interesting to me. I may consider picking one up. But while reading Night falls, i admit I wanted to keep reading to get to the end, but mostly thats because I expected what was gonna happen and just wanted to see it through. I don't deny it was a good book. But as opposed to Demills making me want to finsh the book, Browns books made me want to continue reading late into the night. I did not want to put his books down.

I have been looking around at other authors, Koontz, Crichton, Grishom, Cussler, Demille. But while some of their books seem midly interesting, none are jumping out at me. I would be preticularly interested in books mor elike deception point and digital fortress. I like them dealing with government coverups and computers and stuff like that.

I am consdering reading The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11, it is supposed to be about the numerous things about 9/11 that just don't seem to add up. It seems like an interesing read, but I wonder if it will be boring.

So what book should I look to next, what are you reading right now?

 

[Spooner]

Dan Brown is a fantastic author. Loved all four of his books. I suggest reading Angels and Demons right after Da Vinci Code.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: coolred
Alright, wel I have read the Da Vinci Code, Deception point, Digital Fortress, and am about 3/4's of the way through Angels and Deamons. I hear he has a new book coming out, but not sure when. I thinks its called Solomons Key and may also be another Robert Langdon book.

But since I will likely have Angels an Deamons done within a couple days, I am now in search of a new book to read. As I said, I was never much into reading, but Dan Brown(well actually Nelson Demille with Night Falls)got me into reading. I like Demilles book, but the rest of his seem less interesting to me. I may consider picking one up. But while reading Night falls, i admit I wanted to keep reading to get to the end, but mostly thats because I expected what was gonna happen and just wanted to see it through. I don't deny it was a good book. But as opposed to Demills making me want to finsh the book, Browns books made me want to continue reading late into the night. I did not want to put his books down.

I have been looking around at other authors, Koontz, Crichton, Grishom, Cussler, Demille. But while some of their books seem midly interesting, none are jumping out at me. I would be preticularly interested in books mor elike deception point and digital fortress. I like them dealing with government coverups and computers and stuff like that.

I am consdering reading The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11, it is supposed to be about the numerous things about 9/11 that just don't seem to add up. It seems like an interesing read, but I wonder if it will be boring.

So what book should I look to next, what are you reading right now?

Coolred, you might find the list by rating and genre functions on my site very useful.

 

[coolred]

I will give that a look Dwarf, Thanks

 

[ElFenix]

i found that angels and demons and the da vinci code are almost the exact same book. introduction is the same, plot twists are the same, lecturing tone is the same, etc. that said, they were pretty entertaining (i read da vinci code second and did it in 3 days during summer school).

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Like, say, Robert Ludlum, or Clive Cussler ("Deception Point" was very much like a Dirk Pitt adventure), Dan Brown has outlandish plots, and he peppers his books with a lot of scientific and artistic references. You can actually learn a few things while reading his novels - it also depends on your level of culture and education.

It amazes me to see people criticizing his work, while they probably read much worse than that. He's not "Nobel prize for literature" material, but definitely better than most of the crap I see on bookstore shelves every day (Anne Rice comes to mind).

 

[alkemyst]

search into l'serpent rouge, maybe oak island, and Hiram.

You will have to weed out a lot of bs stuff, but you go deep enough you will see some interesting things.

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
search into l'serpent rouge, maybe oak island, and Hiram.

You will have to weed out a lot of bs stuff, but you go deep enough you will see some interesting things.

Not sure if I am looking at the right things, but those books don't look like much of interest to me.

 

[coolred]

Did a little searching on amazon, and have found a few books, I may take a look at

Singularity by Bill DeSmedt
The Labyrinth Key by Howard Hendrix
Z4CK by Kevin Milne
The New Pearl Harboristurbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 by David Ray Griffin

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: coolred

Originally posted by: alkemyst
search into l'serpent rouge, maybe oak island, and Hiram.

You will have to weed out a lot of bs stuff, but you go deep enough you will see some interesting things.

Not sure if I am looking at the right things, but those books don't look like much of interest to me.

none of those are books above. They are stories that may have books based on them.

They all tie into DaVinci and his codes. In and other itself DaVinci was really just declaring he didn't buy into Jesus....or at least who he was representing as him.

 

[jagec]

The thing I didn't like about the Da Vinci Code was how it seems to assume you're stupid at some points. Like when you figure out a plot point, and then about 100 pages later it "reveals" it to you. Or when a character "gets" something, they reiterate it about a billion times "Circle symbolizes the sacred feminine! Which is another word for female! Mary was a female! Mary was sacred! Sacred...female! Circle! yay!"

 

[byronface]

i enjoyed angels & demons more than da vinci code..

as for his other langdon books, i hear they are pretty boring/pointless/nothing in comparison to those mentioned.. but having never read them myself i have no credibility.

 

[EagleKeeper]

I found Deception Point better than Digital Fortress.

Cussler's books seem to attempt to mix some historical information with current/future events & technology.

 

[IAteYourMother]

I thought Deception point was pretty bad, but I did like A+D and Digital Fortress was pretty good. Unfortunately, they all have the same formula, so :thumbsdown: for that.

 

[TheShiz]

"Are any of his other books any good?"

if you like the Davinci Crap, they you will probably like the other stuff.

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: byronface
i enjoyed angels & demons more than da vinci code..

as for his other langdon books, i hear they are pretty boring/pointless/nothing in comparison to those mentioned.. but having never read them myself i have no credibility.

Um what other Langdon books?

I was under the impression he only had 4 books, digital fortress, deception point, angels and deamons and The Da Vinci code. With the last 2 being Langdon books. I believe he has a new book in the works called the solomon key, and it may be a langdon book.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: coolred

Originally posted by: byronface
i enjoyed angels & demons more than da vinci code..

as for his other langdon books, i hear they are pretty boring/pointless/nothing in comparison to those mentioned.. but having never read them myself i have no credibility.

Um what other Langdon books?

I was under the impression he only had 4 books, digital fortress, deception point, angels and deamons and The Da Vinci code. With the last 2 being Langdon books. I believe he has a new book in the works called the solomon key, and it may be a langdon book.

Correct on four books currently published.
The fifth is due out this year.

One of the major gripes/critiques about the Code is that it challenges the basic premise about the Christian religion. Therefore people feel that the book must be torn down even though it is a piece of fiction.

Much less outcry is done on books by Coonts and/or other heavily published authors along with historical fiction writers.

One would have to look at why this happens. Those writers will make mistakes and/or use false premises within their story lines.

 

[GasX]

I preferred Angels and Demons, but I read it first. Most people like whichever of his books they read first as they are all the same basic plot...

 

[byronface]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I preferred Angels and Demons, but I read it first. Most people like whichever of his books they read first as they are all the same basic plot...

i guess i fall under the minority.. i read da vinci then a&d.. but enjoyed a&d more