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Heh - The reason I read all of The Da Vinci Code, was beacuse I wanted to see how much more he'd pilfered from 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' besides what he borrowed from Anne Rice's vampire novels. Some of the action scenes were nicely done, but his charactarisation - and the originality thereof - gives cardboard a bad name.
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Dan Brown
So Dan Brown reminds me of Clive Cussler in a lot of ways. Browns books are fun and adventersome. Cussler... well if you read him too often he would probably drive you nuts with his crazy plots and wondering how the heck his characters get in and out of these situations!
Dan Brown good in small doses. I also appricate that he got a lot of people who might not read very often to read a book. Amy |
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Both Mr. Ludlum and Mr. Brown are/were writers of extremely commercially successful thrillers. Given that neither was setting out to write "great literature", but simply "escapist entertainment", I certainly don't think that it is any "insult" to the late Mr. Ludlum to compare his books to those of Mr. Brown. They are undoubtedly in the same "genre".
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note the pic His technical consultants and advisors (that got a mention in the credits) from NSA must have fainted from bouts of hysterical laughter when reading the manuscript and suggesting "improvements". The book makes one wonder where was the editor when the manuscript was being made into a book. I do not mean editor that checks the grammar but the one that can catch things like "welding of ceramics", "fire that PRODUCES oxygen", ballant mathematical igonrance (not high matthematics, just plain old multiplication), ... see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...chnical_Errors http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/...own-got-wrong/ http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHF...llnumber=mf340 http://victoria.tc.ca/int-grps/books...v/bkdgtlft.rvw http://cipher-text.blogspot.com/2005...-fortress.html |
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Yes, the "computer" aspects of "Digital Fortress" did rather bring a smile to my face. Not exactly very "well researched", was it?
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Yes, as a pilot I notice the errors, misrepresentations , misuse, non-understanding etc etc of many authors use of aviation, airplanes and such in books. The News media is as bad if not worst! Stuff like "A twin engine Cessna 150 crashed today" If you knew what a Cessna 150 is you'd bust a gut as they are the most basic of aircraft used for training new pilots back in the day and have only one engine.
I've long since come to the conclusion that much of what many writers put in their books when it comes to Technical stuff is suspect as far as accuracy. I imagine many doctors are appalled at what is written about medicine, Law Enforcement Offficers laugh about procedures used in "Who Done it" Novels and, no surprise that the computer aspect of Digital Fortress was "stretched". As someone mentioned, don't the Editors realize the inaccuracies and correct them? I know, I'll become a Consultant, I'll keep em on the Straight and Narrow! Anyways, that's why I try not to think to much while I'm reading, I'm just trying to protect myself from all the frustration that would come if I actually knew anything! Kindleman! |
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Ian Fleming was famous for meticulously researching his "James Bond" books.
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Along those lines, I have sent Ludlum e-mails noting errors in weapons and cars he employed over the years. I didn't bother to e-mail Mr. Brown.
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