Originally posted by XanthosNZIt's disappointing that people can write such crap and still sell millions of copies because they wrote about a "controversial" topic. I plan on reading the DaVinci Code (eventually...) to see what all of the fuss is about, but from what I've heard all of his other books are about as bad as they come.
Don't bother. Dan Brown can't write and it's most obvious in this book. He also doesn't have a clue about cryptography.
Originally posted by rbmorrisIf you can resist reading a book from the screen of your monitor, you'll find a lot of free good books at
My wife is reading that. We saw a production of "Man of LaMancha" (sp?) over vacation. Very good!
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com
Of course, you can download page by page to your pc HD, and read them at your own pace, without being connected to internet.
(Shiley, Chesterton, Christie, Doyle et al. 🙂 )
- Julia
Originally posted by rbmorrisWhat era, and where's the author from?
If you want to check out an incredible book by an amazing author, read "Ask the Dust", but John Fante. Fante was Charles Bukowski's favorite author. He was an great writer, but never really got picked up by the mainstream.
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Originally posted by cmsMasterI generally prefer more modern topics too. Unfortunately, most of the new breed of popular writers like Chuck Palahniuk and Augustine Burroughs are unbelieveably terrible. For good modern fiction, try Martin Amis...funny, dark, angry, brilliant....
Interesting, may not be modern enough to keep me highly interested, but I'll check out some of his writing.
Originally posted by rbmorrisReally? Palahniuk is bad? I heard he was quite good, but haven't read anything by him. I'll have to check out Martin Amis as well - sounds Vonnegutesque, and if you haven't realized it, Vonnegut is possibly my favorite author.
I generally prefer more modern topics too. Unfortunately, most of the new breed of popular writers like Chuck Palahniuk and Augustine Burroughs are unbelieveably terrible. For good modern fiction, try Martin Amis...funny, dark, angry, brilliant....
Originally posted by cmsMasterIf you read any Dan Brown books, you should read Angels and Demons, that is by far the better of his books.
It's disappointing that people can write such crap and still sell millions of copies because they wrote about a "controversial" topic. I plan on reading the DaVinci Code (eventually...) to see what all of the fuss is about, but from what I've heard all of his other books are about as bad as they come.
After that, it is all down hill, unfortunately.