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RolandD · 01-13-2011, 12:00 AM

Since this turned into a Dan Brown bashing thread, I'm going throw in my .02.

I read the DaVinci Code and enjoyed it, even with all it flaws. Angels and Demons was enjoyable to a lesser degree. The problem with Dan Brown is that when material in his books was believed to be factual by a great number of people, he did nothing to dispell those beliefs. Whereas, some authors, like Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, go to great lengths to explain where the facts end and the fiction begins, Brown used the controversy and deception to help his sales.

01-13-2011, 12:00 AM	#356
RolandD Fanatic Posts: 561 Karma: 3228980 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Branson, MO, USA Device: Kindle Touch is now my main eReader.	Since this turned into a Dan Brown bashing thread, I'm going throw in my .02. I read the DaVinci Code and enjoyed it, even with all it flaws. Angels and Demons was enjoyable to a lesser degree. The problem with Dan Brown is that when material in his books was believed to be factual by a great number of people, he did nothing to dispell those beliefs. Whereas, some authors, like Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, go to great lengths to explain where the facts end and the fiction begins, Brown used the controversy and deception to help his sales.