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Moonliner
09-16-2009, 06:42 AM
Dan Brown's new novel "The Lost Symbol" came out yesterday. I expect I'll pick up a copy today.

I've heard that this one takes place around D.C. Which should make it fun for me, I suppose we can look forward to a slew of "Lost Symbol" tours soon.

If I can find the time I might try to read parts of the book while visiting the actual locations.....
flippyshark
09-16-2009, 07:32 AM
It could be fun. I'll wait for a few reviews before I plunge. I hope it's preposterous but entertaining, like Angels and Demons, rather than preposterous, self-important and maddeningly dumb, like DaVinci Code.
Betty
09-16-2009, 08:16 AM
Darn it - I knew there was something I was supposed to be doing on my way home yesterday. Forgot to stop and pick up a copy.

I enjoyed his other books a lot. I loved the tie in of history and adventure, fiction or not.
BarTopDancer
09-16-2009, 08:40 AM
How am I supposed to finish re-reading Angels and Demons before I see the movie when he is writing new books that I now have to read?
Moonliner
09-16-2009, 11:14 AM
How am I supposed to finish re-reading Angels and Demons before I see the movie when he is writing new books that I now have to read?

Personally, I like to have some time between when I read a book and see the movie. A year or so is good. It gives me time for forget most of the books details so I don't wig out at every little variation in the film.

So my recommendation would be skip the re-read until after you have seen the film and jump right into the new novel.
alphabassettgrrl
09-16-2009, 03:49 PM
http://www.slate.com/id/2228327/

Slate has an interactive Dan Brown plot generator.

I still have to read Angels and Demons and it'll probably be a while before I get to Lost Symbol. While I don't believe it has much of a foot in reality, it's a fun premise and I love the talk about symbols! Plus the puzzles can be fun.
Moonliner
09-19-2009, 06:09 AM
Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun.

In Chapter-3 there is a phone number. If you call the number (a 202 area code) you get the voice mail for the character in the book.
Strangler Lewis
09-19-2009, 07:15 AM
Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun.

In Chapter-3 there is a phone number. If you call the number (a 202 area code) you get the voice mail for the character in the book.

Eat sh*t, James Joyce!
katiesue
09-19-2009, 07:34 AM
Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun.

In Chapter-3 there is a phone number. If you call the number (a 202 area code) you get the voice mail for the character in the book.

Haha. I'm at about chapter 5 and I wanted to try the number as I noticed it was a real looking number not a 555.
Alex
09-19-2009, 08:00 AM
Eat sh*t, James Joyce!

You weaken my willpower.
Betty
09-19-2009, 08:03 AM
I came home last night to find the book had been purchased for me. :)
€uroMeinke
09-19-2009, 11:01 AM
Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun.

In Chapter-3 there is a phone number. If you call the number (a 202 area code) you get the voice mail for the character in the book.


I recall the Da Vinci Code had some sort of phone number/website/email thing that gave you a puzzle to solve as you played along
Moonliner
09-19-2009, 11:59 AM
I recall the Da Vinci Code had some sort of phone number/website/email thing that gave you a puzzle to solve as you played along

As did the dust jacket of the book, which I'd say has been repeated on the cover of the new book.
wolfy999
09-19-2009, 12:24 PM
40% off cover price at Ralphs Grocery stores here in the OC area.
Moonliner
09-19-2009, 12:38 PM
Ha! Reading Chap-47 now and I know were this is story is heading, thanks to my Grandfather. The Structural Engineer and Mason. ;)
Moonliner
09-24-2009, 02:17 PM
I finished the book yesterday, so.....

SPOILER ALERT

If you continue reading past this post you are exposing yourself to potential spoilers.
Moonliner
09-24-2009, 02:28 PM
OK, so on with the show, using spoiler tags for now just in case.....

My overall impression, the book was too much like the The Da Vinci Code. Same basic plot, same basic bad guy, same supposed "earth shattering" revelations about religion.

Perhaps it's because I live here and know the area, but I was pretty much ahead of him most of the way. Still it was fun to follow along using the Internet/Google/Google Earth/etc... Did anyone not see the truth about the villain from the get go? Or not figure out where the end of the trail would lead?
katiesue
09-24-2009, 03:25 PM
Moonie I agree with you on all points.

From the first time they gave an info on the villian I knew who it was. I kept hoping there would be some sort of twist and it would end up being someone else. That never happend so I was kind of disapointed. And yea pretty much DaVinci Code in a different setting. It was kind of like eating cotton candy - melts in your mouth but not very satisfying after.
Strangler Lewis
10-15-2009, 11:41 AM
Look out world!

Could see the villain a mile away.

Could see the final location a mile away.

However, I thought that the lost word/lost symbol would turn out to be Jesus's body.

By the way, did I miss something or just not understand howMal'akh apparently thought he had drowned Langdon in the same underwater breathing sensory deprivation thingy he was torturing Peter Solomon in?
Betty
10-15-2009, 01:02 PM
I didn't see the villian coming. You guys must all be smarter then me.

In a way it very much goes with what I've felt - there are power in thoughts. I don't believe in God yet I do believe in the power of prayer.

I'm curious as to how much is fact vs. fiction. Obviously the main story is fiction - I'm talking about the various historical and scientific things mentioned.