The davinci code

[Revolver]

WHOA! this book is amazing. i cant put this thing down. highly recomended if your into secret intellectual societys or the secrets of the vatican and such

im reading the illustrated version...its sweet

[PHUNK]

don't believe everything you read though.

he might have based it on facts that he learned, but he has strethced them beyond belief for sake of drama.

overall though, it is a good book. you should have read angels and demons first though.

[acidic_liquid]

Yeah Dan Brown stretched facts out a little bit, but yes, it's a damn good book. I liked Angels and Demons better though, way more action and suspense.

[crookedking]

it's on my to read list.

[PHUNK]

if you want a good book. look up the cryptonomicon, by neal stephenson. while reading it, you learn learn more then your average calculus class and you will never be able to put it down.

[lithe]

ugh, i hate that book.

okay, 'hate' is too strong a word, but it is definately the most overrated piece of tripe in recent memory. the driving theory is so cliched, and so feminist, and none of the "facts" are true. all my friends in art history threw the book down in disgust.

i admit i read it through in one sitting, but it was entertaining in a gas station psycho-thriller sort of way. it should never have been elevated to the status it now holds.

it makes me sad to think that this is what so many people consider a 'great' book. :(

[yoko*]

I thought it semi-sucked. It had and ok build-up but then such a disappointing climax. Like semi-good intercourse with no explosive orgasm.

The only thing that really made the book interesting were the tidbits of "facts", say about davinci's works, that intrigues your average person. I think part of the success of that book relied on those "Facts". Otherwise, didn't think the author was particularly talented or anything.

[wum]

i couldn't get into it

[Magi]

Originally Posted by revolver

I'm reading the illustrated version...its sweet

Heh I have that version sitting on my dresser...waiting to be read. It's been there for a month.

[acidic_liquid]

Originally Posted by yoko*

I thought it semi-sucked. It had and ok build-up but then such a disappointing climax. Like semi-good intercourse with no explosive orgasm.

The only thing that really made the book interesting were the tidbits of "facts", say about davinci's works, that intrigues your average person. I think part of the success of that book relied on those "Facts". Otherwise, didn't think the author was particularly talented or anything.

yoko I love your sig hehe

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by acidic_liquid

yoko I love your sig hehe

I picked up the cd a couple days ago.

The teenager in me won me over :D

[Van Tek]

none of the "facts" are true

not a single one?

I find that hard to believe

personally I loved the book... I read the illustrated version

[acidic_liquid]

Originally Posted by yoko*

I picked up the cd a couple days ago.

The teenager in me won me over :D

:o They're a good band!
I saw them live and they were great.

I heard about them from work, and I bought their cd a year ago. It took them a while to get this popular.

[PHUNK]

Originally Posted by lithe

ugh, i hate that book.

okay, 'hate' is too strong a word, but it is definately the most overrated piece of tripe in recent memory. the driving theory is so cliched, and so feminist, and none of the "facts" are true. all my friends in art history threw the book down in disgust.

i admit i read it through in one sitting, but it was entertaining in a gas station psycho-thriller sort of way. it should never have been elevated to the status it now holds.

it makes me sad to think that this is what so many people consider a 'great' book. :(

you are wrong. some of the facts are true. just stretched. all the stuff he says about the christian relgion and what it was supposed to be like, is true.

[Gusto]

i liked it. not everything has to be true for the book to be good. i'm a reasonably intelligent person, and can seperate fact from fiction easily enough. if something doesn't sound true, i don't believe it until i've heard another source. it was a very engaging book, hard to put down. it's pop fiction, not the next great american novel.

[lithe]

Originally Posted by PHUNK

you are wrong. some of the facts are true. just stretched. all the stuff he says about the christian relgion and what it was supposed to be like, is true.

all the stuff he says about the christian religion is true!? although i'll agree that the misogyny attributed to the bible, especially the old testament, isn't entirely accurate, but more reflective of the social and economic context of the ancient Israelites, there is no way in heellllllllll (teehee) that the stuff he says is 'true'. it may represent one opinion, but it is by no means widely accepted by the public or religious scholars. i've done a lot of research into the feminist perspective on biblical/religious texts, and his thesis is not accurate.

i will give you that a select few statements of his could be considered not entirely false, but all in all... it's a joke.

however, that said, it's still a worthwhile read in that the people attracted to it are those who barely read at all, and anything is better than nothing.

</snob>

[acidic_liquid]

Actually I think what made this book good to read is the fact that it played out like a Hollywood movie. This isn't a bad thing.

In fact, this is actually being turned into a movie as we speak. Last I heard, they were considering Tom Hanks for the role of Langdon.

[PHUNK]

i'm talking about the things he said on how the religion has changed from what it was originally supposed to be. those are true. just look into pre king james versions and the templar writen bibles.

but i'm not going to talk anymore about this. to each their own.

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by acidic_liquid

:o They're a good band!
I saw them live and they were great.

I heard about them from work, and I bought their cd a year ago. It took them a while to get this popular.

#6 is my favorite-ist, hence the sig. :)

[acidic_liquid]

Originally Posted by yoko*

#6 is my favorite-ist, hence the sig. :)

Haha I love them all, but The Sun really stands out to me.

[FlorpIncarnate]

I thought it was pretty poor. They author basically spat out as many far-fetched 'facts' and pieces of random knowledge as he could in an attempt to impress people.

If you haven't already bought into the religious myths dealt with in this book, you probably won't find it very entertaining.