http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown

Novels:

1. Digital Fortress, 1998
2. Angels & Demons, 2000
3. # Deception Point, 2001
4. The Da Vinci Code, 2003
5.# The Solomon Key, release date not yet announced.


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I lovee~~ Dan Brown's novels!
I've read almost all his novels, except the "Deception Point", and all make me can't put down the novel, even to the bathroom!
any fans here?

Mr Dan Brown:


This post has been edited by roticanai92: Feb 13 2009, 08:37 PM

ooo me me! i love angels and demons so much better than DVC. hope the upcoming movie wont massacre the book

erm...read all 4 of his books...gotta say...its juz normal...plots are some how mind bogging at 1st...but the 2nd to 4th book you kinda can guess whose who already...

I've read all four books as well, and my thoughts echo those of Stephen King, Stephen Fry, Geoffrey Pullum, Roger Ebert, and the venerable New York Times.

What Dan Brown's writing has been described as amongst literary circles isn't very flattering.

ooo.. but at least better than a lot of other novels, haha..

Dan Brown is my literary comfort food.

Good for munching, but is filled with bad carbs and has little to no caloric value whatsoever? How... apt...

I have all of it as well.. but when you start with angels and demons and Da vinci code, the rest seem so predictable.

his style is very much like Micheal Crichton which is another of my favorite.

I do enjoy the historical background and the intrigues.

The trailer for angels and demons looks good, but as the da vinci movie, I think only by reading the book first you can appreciate the movie.

Lots of missing details and link and the anticipation is just isn't the same with the book.

i like DVC 2...but i only read half of that book because i need to prepare my final exam that time ...
my friend told me that angels n demons is a very nice book to be read...
is there any bookstores are still selling or can i bit from online ??

have all 4 of his book too

i read all 4 and yeah the plot is almost the same for all 4 books. kinda predictable. didnt know he's going to release another one. should consider checking it out though.

check on the price first...

ya, u kinda able to guess the ending after reading 1 or 2 of his novels.
but nonetheless interesting, at least to me!

price still unknown, any insiders?
i think won't be sky high, but definitely will drop after a few months of release~

Is there a new book for Dan Brown?

Is it going to be released in 1 -2 month's time?
if so maby i can check price for you all.

ya i believe so. its called the solomon key.
check the price and let us know!

Agreed!!

in fact i think Deception Point is better than Da Vincci's Code..
I didn't read Digital Fortress though.. Dad said it's kinda boring

Digital Fotress OK la, like his own style lo.
u can predict the style after a while, but i still like it!
worth to read~

i personally like Digital Fortress better. Among all the 4 books, I only finished reading 3.

Digital Fortress is a bit tense and both parties are doing their best to sovle a problem at different places.

The Da Vinci Code has a nice consistant storyline with predictable storyline. A nice to read...

Deception Point is too much politics and cons mixed up together... hence the title... But near the end of the novel, a bit too messed up and I kinda got mind fked... =___=...

I'm gonna read Angels and Demons before the movie releases. Just like back then with Da Vinci Code... I finished DVC just for the movie which turned out to be a absolute change here change there...

Dan... when is Solomon Key out????

I hated the fact that it was Tom Hanks who played Langdon. When reading, I was imagining some professor who looked like Robert Redford or something!

yah... the image of him is already stuck in my head... So as his voice and expression wise.... Hahahaha...

well, i am bout the same wif u.
i read 3 out of 4, missing out deception point.
digital fotress is OK , but DVC is my first book , so its a lot more interesting!
and it got me hooked up wif dan~

I've read Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code and Digital Fotress in that order. I was lucky to be introduced to DB's work by a friend who had read them, so I read Angels & Demons first. This was before DVC was made into a movie. I already have Deception Point but just haven't gotten round to reading it yet.

I read deception point and angels and demons.seriously,I'm really fond of his style. Kinda informative and such,though kinda predictable still it make ur mind work while reading.the suspense,the suprises and plot's twist,just can't get enough of it .got other author which have similar style to him? Would like to know

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yes, same wif me~
em, how bout john grisham?
i dono, maybe someone can recommend?

ok, thx 4 the info!

Spoiler alert
What I like about brown is the way he twist the plot at the end whcih as always the good guy at the beginning becomes the ultimate bad guy at the end. Da vinci code, angels & demon, deception point & digital fortress follows the same twist plot but after the same trend for 4 book I wonder whether he will repeat the style at his fifth book "The Solomon Keys".

His book is also like the 24 series which so many things can happen in 1 day. Sadly many people just focus on the idea rather than the narration skills , this was brought up by the hype of Da vinci code . I don't like the movie though but i like the 2 main actors

Yeah about John Grisham novel above.
The book plot is very inconsistent but predictable. There will be no major twist since they will reveal the plot very early in the chapters but the interesting details will be spread until the end.
The first few chapters is always the best since he will reveal what is happening (like a murderer wating for a trial for a rape case) and what has happened, why the conflict..... But sadly after that first few chapters things becomes very dull until the last few chapters when the chase is on.
the best book to start is Runaway jury or the broker.


This post has been edited by Topace111: Mar 30 2009, 04:57 PM

You know, I absolutely love DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons. They're in my all time favourite list.

However Digital Fortress is so bad that it makes me wonder if it's really written by the same author. Halfway through the plot, I already found the key answer to the question, that really makes the rest just silly since they are supposedly top cryptographers.

One thing I especially liked about Angels & Demons is how certain words were designed to be identical when viewed upside down. Like the stylized title itself. Very cool. I wonder if they will use that in the movie?

Isn't that like part of the whole idea? I mean, from the book, the ambigrams are supposed to be the proof of Illuminati's existence (or something like that, you know, cos only the Illuminati has the ambigrams..)

I like the ending and how it corresponds to the title "Angels and Demons". Who's Angel and who's Demons.

Yes, this is so cool! when i flip the book its the same word!~
how do they do tat?

the moral of the story: the angel in your heart might turn out to be the demon in the end.

Dan Brown's new novel "The Lost Symbol" is coming out in September
source:The Star

hah, still long time to go.
and looks like "LYN book club" change to "LYN literary lounge" edi~

After reading through this thread - so it means that Angels and Demons is better than Da Vinci Code? I enjoyed DVC alot due to the symbolics featured/mentioned in the book. If A&D is better than DVC, I'm gonna get it next week. XD

I would say they are both equally great, definitely worth reading.

I would say the only reasons to read Dan Brown's books are so you can justifiably criticize them.

new book is out!

Me now reading Lost Symbol, so far reach chapter 21. Quite nice, but my fav of this fellow's book is digital fortress (exclude lost symbol)

"Reading" this via Audible.com's audiobook, gifted from iTunes by the always-awesome forum member Tishaban, cheers bro!

Now in Chapter 80. The antagonist's history is revealed and explained, on how and why the became the way he is, and his belief on the "divine transformation". Takes a real devotion and unwavering belief to do what he did. Langdon, as always, in on the run, although "sanctuary" is close by. His companion, who's on the run with him, is of somewhat comparable age with him, hence the stronger "affection" towards her.

Up to this point, the "treasure" is STILL not revealed yet, so I have another 50 odd chapters to go to find out.

The good thing about the Audible audiobook is that, it is read in such a way that you can differentiate and recognize the different characters based on their characteristics and mannerism described in the book. The CIA Director Inoue Sato's cancer-stricken voice box is expressed exceptionally well here by the reader of the audiobook, to the point that I was afraid for his health because he had to coarsen his voice to the point of being almost rasping, and throaty cough-like manner. the "Architect of The Capitol" , "Trish", the "Arab taxicab driver",...even the different accents used by the antagonist to hide his actual character (war vet marine, high society doctor, and his actual Turkish personality) are all voiced out beautifully well.

50+ more chapters to go, and you dont even have to read anything, it gets read to you!