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i read a lil, didnt understand it n closed da book..
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Greetings,
'The Da Vinci Code' is an entertaining read with a gripping plot, but unfortunately the style it's written in is terrible.
It's about two people who stumble onto the "fact" that Jesus got married to Mary Magdalene and had children, descendants of whom apparently survive to this day. They manage this through cracking a series of codes, and learning details about Leonardo da Vinci, secret societies and the Holy Grail.
One thing to remember while you're reading it: this is not a history book!
Peace
'The Da Vinci Code' is an entertaining read with a gripping plot, but unfortunately the style it's written in is terrible.
It's about two people who stumble onto the "fact" that Jesus got married to Mary Magdalene and had children, descendants of whom apparently survive to this day. They manage this through cracking a series of codes, and learning details about Leonardo da Vinci, secret societies and the Holy Grail.
One thing to remember while you're reading it: this is not a history book!
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Greetings,
It's a good read, but if you want to experience a good writing style then try George Orwell, Aldous Huxley or James Joyce instead.
Fiction, if it is really good fiction, consists of nothing but lies with the appearance of truth.
Peace
It's a good read, but if you want to experience a good writing style then try George Orwell, Aldous Huxley or James Joyce instead.
Fiction, if it is really good fiction, consists of nothing but lies with the appearance of truth.
Peace
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yea i knw bro day r exspecially diz one:X :hiding: :hiding: :hiding: :grumbling
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Yeah, they're all excellent authors. Definately in my favourities list, although I would Anthony Burgess and Margeret Atwood to it.
Do you think so? I would have defined good fiction as lies based on a solid truth. Afterall, the most popular books are so popular because they ring true somewhere deep inside (with the exception the Da Vinci code, which is a bit like tabloid gossip on a Biblical scale).
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Greetings,
Anthony Burgess is another of my all time favourite authors. If you haven't already read it, I'd recommend seeking out The Kingdom of the Wicked - it's his novelisation of the early years of Christianity, and is well worth a read. Also, of course, there's Earthly Powers, which has the best opening sentence of any novel I can think of: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."
I've not read Margaret Atwood, but I've heard nothing but good reports, so I'll be sure to check out her work in the future.
Yes, that's certainly fair enough. Every novel, no matter how far-fetched, must have some relation to reality. Having said that, even if something in a novel feels particularly true, with very convincing characters, it's still a fiction. You can also find novels which have a historical basis, which are slightly different, but I still see fiction as essentially being an elaborate and highly developed form of lying. They often appear to contain truth, but ultimately any judgment on that truth is subjective - a character may appear convincing to one person but not to another, for example.
Peace
Anthony Burgess is another of my all time favourite authors. If you haven't already read it, I'd recommend seeking out The Kingdom of the Wicked - it's his novelisation of the early years of Christianity, and is well worth a read. Also, of course, there's Earthly Powers, which has the best opening sentence of any novel I can think of: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."
I've not read Margaret Atwood, but I've heard nothing but good reports, so I'll be sure to check out her work in the future.
Yes, that's certainly fair enough. Every novel, no matter how far-fetched, must have some relation to reality. Having said that, even if something in a novel feels particularly true, with very convincing characters, it's still a fiction. You can also find novels which have a historical basis, which are slightly different, but I still see fiction as essentially being an elaborate and highly developed form of lying. They often appear to contain truth, but ultimately any judgment on that truth is subjective - a character may appear convincing to one person but not to another, for example.
Peace
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When i read the book... i got the idea that the author seems to have something against religion..full stop. But it did keep my attention..:rollseyes ..though i must say i prefer Anthony Horowitz books..:embarrass and wateva happenz to be a good read..
^ i thought the same thing. it dus seem tht brown's got a knack of going against religon. but nonetheless it was an awesome book. it had some cool bit of adventure in it. n surprises r the best part if u ask me.
As it has been pointed out, it is an interesting book but not factual at all.
I don't know how the process they used could produce any thing factual.
Unless you had the original texts to work with, anything you did manage to come up with would be purely speculative.
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I don't know how the process they used could produce any thing factual.
Unless you had the original texts to work with, anything you did manage to come up with would be purely speculative.
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Nimrod
Yeah, its a case of you dont know whodunnit until the very end.
If you like suspense and action then this is a good read.
I know quite a lot of you have said its not but who says you have to believe the book?
Personally the idea of Jesus having a wife AND a kid isnt something I agree with anyway but the way Dan Brown writes the story makes it good, but thats my opinion.
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Or even Stephen King, Rudyard Kipling or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Or, hey, me!
I'm not sure I really want to read the 'Da Vinci Code'. From people who actually know their literature, all I've heard is that it is not very well written, but is quite entertaining. Kind of like Harry Potter in that sense.
And before I get pounced upon, I think the Potter books are very entertaining, and I can see why many like them, but the prose style isn't really anything to write home about.
Get it? Write home about?
Ha ha ha ha ..... erm.
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The Da Vinci Code, in my humble opinion, is one of the best reads out there! It is thoroughly gripping from page one! I've read it and re-read it a couple of times and still can not get bored of it, even though i know what is going to happen next! Certainly a sign of an extremely talented author.
Dan Brown appears to enjoy merging the boundary of fact and fiction, in his works. This is more apparent in his other works, such as Angels and Demons.
Anyhow, for anyone who is interested to know what the hype is all about: The Da Vinci Code proposes that the much sought Holy Grail is not a cup (which Jesus is believed to have drank from at the Last Supper and later in which his blood was caught by Joseph of Arimathea at the crucifixion) but rather a sacred blood lineage which was passed on when Jesus married and had a child with Mary Magdalene and is protected by a real pagan-worshipping secret organistation, namely the Priory of Sion (keepers of the Grail.)
But remember: it is published under 'fiction'.
Ma'assalama
The Da Vinci Code, in my humble opinion, is one of the best reads out there! It is thoroughly gripping from page one! I've read it and re-read it a couple of times and still can not get bored of it, even though i know what is going to happen next! Certainly a sign of an extremely talented author.
Dan Brown appears to enjoy merging the boundary of fact and fiction, in his works. This is more apparent in his other works, such as Angels and Demons.
Anyhow, for anyone who is interested to know what the hype is all about: The Da Vinci Code proposes that the much sought Holy Grail is not a cup (which Jesus is believed to have drank from at the Last Supper and later in which his blood was caught by Joseph of Arimathea at the crucifixion) but rather a sacred blood lineage which was passed on when Jesus married and had a child with Mary Magdalene and is protected by a real pagan-worshipping secret organistation, namely the Priory of Sion (keepers of the Grail.)
But remember: it is published under 'fiction'.
Ma'assalama