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what do you think of the da vinci code, a mystery written by dan brown?

loved the book, dan brown's a genius
4 (12.1%)
loved the book only the facts are sort of wrong
4 (12.1%)
hated the book, dan brown's a loser
3 (9.1%)
i'm a complete barbarian and haven't read it
22 (66.7%)

Total Members Voted: 33

Voting closed: January 20, 2005, 02:32:54 am

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Offline Gank

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Reply #20 on: January 20, 2005, 04:11:08 pm
Havent read the book but I've heard its a work of fiction based around several organisations that are less than transparent?

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Originally posted by aldo_14
The Louvre and Roslyn Chapel are a bit pissed off at that, IIRC.


I take it freemasons are involved then?
 

Offline Rictor

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Reply #21 on: January 20, 2005, 04:12:06 pm
It was an OK book. I don't know why everyone is gong nuts over it, like its the pinnacle of human achievement or something. I guess its what the great unwashed masses consider a "smart read"..

One of the several books I've read entirely on my computer.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #22 on: January 20, 2005, 05:04:36 pm
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Originally posted by Gank

I take it freemasons are involved then?


I dunno.  Rossyln chapel is also heavily associated with the Knights Templar IIRC
 

Offline redsniper

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Reply #23 on: January 20, 2005, 05:05:20 pm
meh, it was okay. Angels & Demons (one of his other books) could wipe the floor with it easily.
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Offline Eishtmo

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Reply #24 on: January 20, 2005, 07:43:27 pm
I haven't read it, and I know most of it is hogwash.  Might be a good story, but it's mostly made up.
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #25 on: January 20, 2005, 07:49:03 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14


I dunno.  Rossyln chapel is also heavily associated with the Knights Templar IIRC
Da Vinci Code is about the Knights Templar. Angels & Demons is about the Illuminati... ;7

My problem with Angels & Demons was the ending. I mean, it was good, but I felt like it was a bit of a sell-out. A plot twist, sure, but a sell-out nonetheless. I'm just hoping Da Vinci Code doesn't do something similarly stupid.
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Offline Jal-18

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Reply #26 on: January 20, 2005, 07:51:56 pm
Call me Conan. :D
 

Offline redsniper

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Reply #27 on: January 20, 2005, 09:18:27 pm
main reason I like Angels & Demons:
Spoiler:
Langdon jumps out of a freakin' helicopter with just a pansy tarp instead of a parachute and he lives! Now come one, that's awesome.

The plot and whatever is nice but that ^ just takes the cake for me. Carry on.
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #28 on: January 20, 2005, 09:36:59 pm
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Originally posted by redsniper
main reason I like Angels & Demons:
Spoiler:
Langdon jumps out of a freakin' helicopter with just a pansy tarp instead of a parachute and he lives! Now come one, that's awesome.

The plot and whatever is nice but that ^ just takes the cake for me. Carry on. [/B]
Yeah, that and
Spoiler:
when the Camerlengo goes up in flames and everyone's like "whoa..."
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.
 

Offline icespeed

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Reply #29 on: January 21, 2005, 04:42:48 am
yeah, i didn't post all that many options cos it's not like i'm going to put every single possibility in the world down.

i was just wondering if anyone read it and thought it was all true, that's all.
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Offline Ransom

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Reply #30 on: January 21, 2005, 04:51:53 am
Why would people think that? Does it go in the non-fiction section?
  

Offline icespeed

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Reply #31 on: January 21, 2005, 04:54:13 am
oh, i had a friend who argued with this random person who was like, yeah, Christianity (by the way the 'church' in that book was the roman catholics, don't label all of us the same way) sucks, look at this book the da vinci code, it proves the church is evil and woman-hating! which it isn't, by the way. i reckon feminism is just another way of being sexist.
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Offline Flipside

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Reply #32 on: January 21, 2005, 07:02:50 am
I'm Spartacus!

Seriously though, it seemed ok, I can never get into 'real life' books anyway, it's bad enough having X-Files trying to convince people that they may be the only indigenous person on the planet ;)
 

Offline vyper

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Reply #33 on: January 21, 2005, 08:18:02 am
Templar Revelation.

I'll keep posting it until someone bites you know. And yes, the church is quite sexist thanks to yon old fisherman.
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Offline Andreas

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Reply #34 on: January 21, 2005, 10:36:54 am
Haven't read it and won't never read it. Generally most fiction written these days is just utter :no: IMO.
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Offline vyper

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Reply #35 on: January 21, 2005, 12:28:28 pm
Which is why I mentioned the Templar Revelation.

Moo.
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Offline Gank

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Reply #36 on: January 21, 2005, 08:37:44 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14
I dunno.  Rossyln chapel is also heavily associated with the Knights Templar IIRC


Same thing, freemasonry came into being shortly after the Knights Templar were outlawed around 1300. The Roslyn family was head of Scottish freemasonry for something like 300 years, with the builder of the chapel William St. Clair being its Grandmaster.

Icespeed: Would you opposition to it have anything to do with the fact you're a christian? As for the Church being woman-hating, it'd mightn't be such but Christianity definitly teachs women are inferior to men.
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