Right now I am reading The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. I am about half way through and it is soooo good!! when im not on the computer and im not hanging out with my boyfriend i am glued to the book. I want to see what other people think of this large, but brilliant book.

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I finished it in less than three days. I absolutely LOVED it! I became a believer and I absolutely believe the facts Dan Brown presented to be true. I've had my suspicions for quite some time about these issues and the whole conspiracy theory and Dan Brown basically confirmed what I've believed for years. It was too awesome beyond words. You might wanna hurry up and finnish it so we can discuss spoilers

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Thats a great book! Dan Brown is amazing, and that had to be one of the most interesting books I've ever read, and I ve read a lot of books! I still thought that Digital fortress was better than the Da Vinci code though.

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This is definetly one of the most interesting books I've ever read. I took it everywhere with me and read as much as I could everyday. I was completely addicted to it.

I have a great companion book to it as well by a guy called Simon Cox which goes into more depth about the subject matter in the book. I've only scanned it, must get round to reading it all soon.

I have all of Dan Browns novels now...just working my way (slowly) through Angels and Demons. Can't wait to get through them all.

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I've read that book in one day! Just couldn't stop. I can't wait to see the movie.
But I was rather dissapointed when I read Angels and Demons after that, it had all the sam elements but just wasn't that good.

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I read it in about a day. Maybe less than 24 hours. Ha ha ha, I picked it up at the library and didn't stop reading it until I finished. Of course, I couldn't go to sleep for a while because of the image of the albino. Ha ha ha. I have to agree with you Eru, it confirmed all my thoughts. Even though it's a book of fiction, so much of it is historical fact. But I don't want to ignite any arguments (though, those who've read it should probably have some of the same thoughts). I was so happy that it said everything that I'd wanted to say for years but then so angry at everything they've done.
I have to say however, that I am very disappointed that it's being made into a film. One, because Tom Hanks just isn't Robert Langdon. Two, Ian McKellen isn't the old professor dude. Three, Paul Bettany isn't the albino. I mean, yes he may be a pale Englishman, but no. And it kills me to not support these actors (considering I admire them ALL). But I just can't, can't support it. *takes deep breath* Sorry, I just loved this book so much I'm really angry that they've decided to make a movie. And the church got they're say and I'm afraid they've swayed the movie companies. Grrr. *runs around screaming* Okay, okay. Take a deep, deep breath.

If you like this book, you should read Angels & Demons, the prequel to The DaVinci Code. It's good, but the Davinci Code is better. I'm excited for his next Robert Langdon book!

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Oh man, I keep putting off posting in here, busy! Argh! But I'm going to! I love this book! It took me forever to read however, because of silly school! iology Biology! To the Llamas to you Biology!
Anyways, I loved this book, I believe it was extremely well written. Sometimes I forgot it was Fiction that's how good it was. It was funny because everytime he would state a fact, I would immidiately look it up, it was so much fun!
I'm excited for the movie coming out too, however, naturally I'm a skeptic, I just home they get it right and not pull an "Ella Enchanted" and totally get it wrong...

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I've read all of Dan Browns books. They're so good! Altough, I always thought his characters were sometimes just too perfect. Anyway, out of his books, DaVinci code was the best.

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Aye I would have finished it in one day as well if I didn't have classes to go to. Hehe. I had to force myself to put it down. I am excited to see all the actors, but I have to agree, Ian McKellen is not how I pictured old Teabing either, neither Paul Bettany as the albino. But I'm excited nonetheless because more people are going to be exposed to it now and see the truth

Have they really swayed the movie companies? I didn't know that. I thought the church was very angry with them for making this film but the company made it anyways? If it's not portrayed right or censored in any way then I am going to be very angry

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I have to say I'm not upset it's being made into a movie, as I didn't get a chance to read till after I'd heard about the movie being made.
Now I'm not a fan of Ron Howard movies (too sickly sweet for my taste) nor am I the biggest fan of Tom Hanks. However casting wise I think they've went with the best people possible, although I am still wary of how Hanks will play Langdon.
Ian McKellen will play Teabing perfectly, I have absolutely no doubts whatsover.
Paul Bettany was a strange choice, but with the right lighting, make up ect he will be fantastic as Silas.
Audrey Tatou I think looks great as Sophie.
Jean Reno I think at least acting wise will do the role of Fache justice.
Alfred Molina will be great as Aringarosa.

Anyways...I think I diverged completely from my point.
As LotRs fans we should know that sometimes casting may not be picture perfect, but the actor takes on the role and makes you believe.
I have faith that the movie will do the book justice.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I thought the fast paced narrative of the book to be very reminiscent of a movie.

I posted this on my forum..but I thought I'd post it here too. See what you guys thought here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4754308.stm

This is beyond absurd.

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^ It's APPALING and and ABSURD what they're doing. I mean shouldn't they be happy that a theory they feel so passionate about is being accepted by so many people all around the world? I doubt their books got this much promotion. They're probably just jealous!

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^ I think it seems fair enough if Dan Brown did take their work without aknowledgement - I can't remember if he does put sources or not in his book. If I'd worked really hard researching something I would be pretty annoyed if someone passed my ideas off as their own and then made millions with it.

Anyway I think The Da Vinci Code is a reasonable book - it's very exciting and gripping with interesting ideas but it's not particularly well written and doesn't really have believable characters. Angels and Demons just annoyed me because it was too similar.

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Well, the church was in an uproar. Of course, when the book was published they were, but once it was being made into a movie they went crazy. They talked to Ron Howard and such trying to get them to make sure everyone knew it was complete fiction. I don't know if they did really really sway them, but the church has money and Hollywood loves money. But that's all just one huge assumption on my part. So, you may want to ignore my political thoughts and research it yourself. Oh, and just a side note, it's really funny that he writes these kinds of books because his a devoted Roman Catholic. Ha ha ha. Oh man. Oh well, I don't know much about the church . . . but, hey. It's all the same to me.
I have read all of his other books, and I have to agree with you, Orelinde, that his characters sometimes seem too perfect. But I like Robert Langdon . . . he's not like the other characters.

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To my knowledge the only sway the Church had was that the use of Westminster Abbey.
Rosslyn Chapel gave Ron Howard and his crew full access and have embraced the movie. It boosts there tourism and makes them money, so why not?



I have to disagree. People have been writing about the Holy Grail, the bloodline of Christ and it's ties to The Knights Templars for decades. What gives them the write to just pick one author (a very rich one at that) and sue him?
Other people have written about this. Why not sue them?
Oh yeah...they aren't a world famous novelist with millions of dollars in his healthy bank balance. They aren't going to make even more with the adaptation of one of his novels to a movie.
It reeks of money hungry nonsense.

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Well that's what I was saying it's the fact that the book is so popular and doing so well that makes it more annoying if he has stolen their research.

I've never read any books about this idea before but I am imagining that the other books would have been non-fiction and would have acknowledged their sources. I've just checked my copy of the Da Vinci Code and Dan Brown doesn't do that at all.

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He hasn't "stolen" there research. He has took theories from a variety of sources and used them to create a plot for a book.
If they win there case against Dan Brown it opens the floodgates for other cases like this.

Hypothetically if the theories are exclusively theres. Then why not do this to some other random author who has written a fact or fiction book about the same thing?
It makes no sense and is fueled by jealously and greed.

At the end of the day there theories are not exclusive to them, as many other people have written about it. So they cannot lay claim to anything.

Unless other information becomes available during the course of the case. I stand by Dan Brown.

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