Angels & Demons

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A great build-up of mystery, thrill & gruesome murders. The climax is awesome.... not only the unbelievable deception of the perpetrator, but espec... (show more)

A great build-up of mystery, thrill & gruesome murders. The climax is awesome.... not only the unbelievable deception of the perpetrator, but especially the statements regaring the importance of GOD (show less)

 

 

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You are the Director of CERN, and one of your senior colleagues is killed in his room with a peculiar word branded on his chest. Do you:

1) infor... (show more)

You are the Director of CERN, and one of your senior colleagues is killed in his room with a peculiar word branded on his chest. Do you:

1) inform the authorities
2) google the word branded on the dead man's chest and then phone the first Harvard professor whose name appears in the search results
3) have a nice cup of tea?

You are the head of the Swiss Guard, responsible for the security of the Vatican during the conclave which will elect the next Pope. You receive reliable information that an explosive of unimaginable power has been hidden somewhere in the Vatican and will detonate in a few hours. Incidentally, four senior cardinals have also disappeared. Do you:
1) evacuate everyone, including the cardinals and most of the population of Rome
2) lock the cardinals into the Sistine Chapel and hope that the explosive device will be found by the Harvard professor and the cute physicist who have just turned up
3) have a nice cup of tea?

What was the fate of Copernicus?
1) executed by the church for heresy
2) died in his bed after a lifetime as a priest and senior government official in a church-run statelet
3) he had a nice cup of tea

How likely is it that a Catholic priest would be allowed to adopt a daughter?
1) if they are both interested in physics and she looks good in shorts, I can't see why anyone would find it unusual
2) you must be joking
3) perhaps they could have a nice cup of tea together

Was Winston Churchill a Catholic? Are only cardinals eligible to be elected Pope by ballot?
1) Boring technicalities!
2) A poor excuse for research
3) I've put the kettle on

Who do you trust most for good information on the historical relationship between religion and science?
1) Dan Brown
2) Richard Dawkins
3) Stephen Jay Gould (show less)

 

 

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  I picture Dan Brown sitting on the toilet one evening just thinking about his protagonist of Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code, and soon to be Lost Symbol fame. He seems kind of dejected about this whole writing thing as if it just isn't all coming together the way he had hoped it would. Brown is probably a pretty intelligent guy, at least enough to sit down and write a couple books, ya know? Morons don't do that. So, Dan Brown-on-the-crapper is thinking about Robert Langdon and how much th... (show more)

  I picture Dan Brown sitting on the toilet one evening just thinking about his protagonist of Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code, and soon to be Lost Symbol fame. He seems kind of dejected about this whole writing thing as if it just isn't all coming together the way he had hoped it would. Brown is probably a pretty intelligent guy, at least enough to sit down and write a couple books, ya know? Morons don't do that. So, Dan Brown-on-the-crapper is thinking about Robert Langdon and how much that character sucks. Langdon just goes around stumbling into clues and shouting "Eureka!" when its necessary for the plot to advance. Dan Brown's problem is that Langdon isnt a character, but a plot device. The anxiety building up in Brown from the inadequacy of his crummy character probably builds and builds until he just can't take it anymore. And thats when he comes up with a solution!

  Turn page...................

  "Damn! Throwing in another cliffhanger at the end of my 4 page chapter doesn't really solve the problem," thinks Brown to himself.

  "What I really need is to give him some feelings! Some heart! Make the reader emotionally attached to my character. I need them to feel what he feels, to make their hearts pound when he is in danger! I've got it! He wears a Mickey Mouse watch! Oh hell yeah! Its like he's a real person now with a mind of his own and everything! Jeans and a Mickey Mouse watch, everybody can relate to this guy. Booyah! Time to check out my bank balance." (show less)

   

   

  by Justin Janish on May 21, 2009 at 08:13PM

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  i think its the best book of Dan Brown. i was so excited when i was reading it

   

   

  by Yasin Nazlıcan on Apr 25, 2008 at 11:25PM

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