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I was bought 3 Dan Brown books which are :-

The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels and Demons

Apparently these books should be read in a certain order as one leads onto another and I am wondering what that is!!??

Any help or advice is appreciated 🙂

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Originally posted by rmacken
I was bought 3 Dan Brown books which are :-

The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels and Demons

Apparently these books should be read in a certain order as one leads onto another and I am wondering what that is!!??

Any help or advice is appreciated 🙂
Try burning them first then go buy an Umberto Eco...book...better writer....

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Originally posted by rmacken
I was bought 3 Dan Brown books which are :-

The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels and Demons

Apparently these books should be read in a certain order as one leads onto another and I am wondering what that is!!??

Any help or advice is appreciated 🙂
I would suggest a charity shop straight away is the best solution to this problem. But really if you do want to read them, don't.

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I think we're being a little negative here, order is everything: if you were to cut out all the words, throw them into a big hat and then randomly rearrange them on a whoppy great table, chances are you'd find a few half-decent sentences in there somewhere.

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Dan Brown is the name given a collection of one thousand monkeys set in front of one thousand typewriters. They are most noted for writing The Da Vinci Code and a series of essays that mostly consist of the letter "s" pounded repeatedly.

Original Conception

In June of 1993, the publishing company Random House announced it was seeking an unprecedented number of young, talented, non-human primates to collaborate together on a massive writing venture. The company hoped that, given an infinite amount of time and countless writing workshops, these monkeys would be able to produce the greatest piece of literature ever writen. By September, Random House had signed on one thousand monkeys with infinite contracts.

Origin of the Name

Certain factions within Random House had trepedations about the project. Part of their concern was the potential reaction from human authors. More importantly, however, there was the fear of the printing costs of crediting one thousand authors with names like "Mr. Bananas," "Bobo the Fuzzy," and "Squeaker." To put a human face and a single name on their project, Random House decided to call their troop of monkeys "Dan Brown."

Early Struggles

Within the first two weeks of the project, six thousand typewriters were rendered useless. For a brief period of time, Random House planned to scrap the project due to mounting costs. However, fear of an uprising of one thousand recently fired monkeys kept Dan Brown funded through even the hardest economic times.

Fearing that Dan Brown would be short lived, all executives at Random House distanced themselves from the project. As a result, within two months the company was publically denying any such operation. Within three months, the company began to believe itself. For nearly five years, Dan Brown proceeded towards its goal with little to no supervision.

Economic Accountability

In the winter of 1998, accountants at Random House began to notice an unusually high consumption of typewriters, bananas, and berries within the company. After a massive investigation, they stumbled upon Dan Brown, still in the outlining stages of its masterpiece. Random House, eager for something to publish to justify the costs of the project, ordered underlings to riffle through the mountains of trash that now surrounded Dan Brown. After months of sorting and feces removal, Random House was able to jumble together four complete novels.

Some members of Dan Brown opposed the publication of these novels. They cited that these were rough drafts—mere side stories that didn't go anywhere. Furthermore, these books contained preposterous claims, jokingly presented as fact, that many of the monkeys didn't want their name to be associated with. For example, one story posited that the Priory of Scion, an organization founded in the 1950's, was responsible for an international conspiracy that spanned centuries. It invented words like "symbollogist," and called prominent historical figures by the province they were born in, rather than their given name. In short, they argued, the books presented ideas that no intelligent reader would ever take seriously.

A total of 40 million copies have been sold worldwide as of 2006, praised for being one of the most popular books of all time. A recent poll shows 32% of the northernous creatures known as Canadians believe in the background history presented in the book. The poll results has been recently linked with the increased suicide rates of appalled historians in the past 2 years, but the information is shaky at best, retorted by the public with an unanymous cry of "IT'S JUST FICTION!".

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Thanks for all the positive responses 😕

I will cast my own thoughts over the books once read.

Back to the original question please.

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Originally posted by mochiron
Try burning them first then go buy an Umberto Eco...book...better writer....
Too true! 😉 Think of the heat and enjoyment they could generate on some cool evening 🙄

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Originally posted by rmacken
Thanks for all the positive responses 😕

I will cast my own thoughts over the books once read.

Back to the original question please.
Open the book covers and inside you will find the date the book was printed. Read them in ascending order.

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Originally posted by arrakis
Open the book covers and inside you will find the date the book was printed. Read them in ascending order.
Not going to work if they are like star wars.

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Originally posted by rmacken
I was bought 3 Dan Brown books which are :-

The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels and Demons

Apparently these books should be read in a certain order as one leads onto another and I am wondering what that is!!??

Any help or advice is appreciated 🙂
1st. Deception Point
2nd. Angels and Demons
3rd. The Da Vinci Code

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Originally posted by rmacken
I was bought 3 Dan Brown books which are :-

The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels and Demons

Apparently these books should be read in a certain order as one leads onto another and I am wondering what that is!!??

Any help or advice is appreciated 🙂
First Angels and demons.
Then The Da Vinci Code.

One is the follow up to the other, you see.

Deception point has nothing to do with either and has a different main character.

However, I'd advise givin' them all a miss and reading Umberto Eco instead!

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Originally posted by shavixmir
First Angels and demons.
Then The Da Vinci Code.

One is the follow up to the other, you see.

Deception point has nothing to do with either and has a different main character.

However, I'd advise givin' them all a miss and reading Umberto Eco instead!
Cheers for the advice Shav.

I will try the Umberto once I have finished these.

😉

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Originally posted by Will Everitt
Dan Brown is the name given a collection of one thousand monkeys set in front of one thousand typewriters. They are most noted for writing The Da Vinci Code and a series of essays that mostly consist of the letter "s" pounded repeatedly.

Original Conception

In June of 1993, the publishing company Random House announced it was seeking an unpreceden ...[text shortened]... at best, retorted by the public with an unanymous cry of "IT'S JUST FICTION!".
pigs are cleverererer than monkeys

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
1st. Deception Point
2nd. Angels and Demons
3rd. The Da Vinci Code
Deception Point can be read whenever because it has no effect on the other two books, as it is about a woman called Rachel Sexton, and doesn't mention Robert Langdon anywhere (I don't think).

Why do you suggest reading it first? The order for the other two is correct as Robert Langdon's experiences at the Vatican (A&D) is mentioned in the Da Vinci Code.

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Originally posted by gollumprawn
pigs are cleverererer than monkeys
I agree.
Mugabe has more brains than Bush.