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Originally Posted by neilmarr
If Dan Brown has fallen into the hands of pirates, I hope they make him walk the plank. His other books -- for all their literary failings -- had strong good points that earned their cover price. *The Lost Symbol* has no such saving grace. It's a crying shame to see a chap who was a good, workmanlike tale spinner turn in such a disappointingly poor job. Someone else here in another thread suggested a kind of Chuck Norris factor -- editor's don't mess with Brown. Could well be. Any decent fiction editor could have turned this piece around ... given the freedom to do so. N
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When you consider how long it is since his last book and the current economic situation, its also not very surprising that the publishers wouldn't want to delay release for more editing, with it coming out now it will probably be a nice boost to this financial quarter and again at xmas, whereas delays would have seen both sales merge into xmas ones.