[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Brown's other books (was Re: Re: The Lost Symbol is ...
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:30:47 -0400
King is simply an amazing story teller. Not terribly complicated
interwoven plot threads for the most part, simply able to take
completely abnormal situations and make them seem entirely natural.
He is also a master of language simplicity, not trying to hide
whatever a story might lack behind a load of extra words.
On 9/17/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me add something about best sellers in general. In my sighted days I
> disdained best sellers completely. I really doubted that I would like any
> best
> seller and that doubt was based on what little I knew about the parrticular
> books that were on the best seller lists, pretty much like I would pass up
> any other book that did not strike my fancy based on a synopsis or a genre.
> The kind of books I liked just did not become best sellers, so the status of
> best seller just automatically meant to me that I would not like it. After
> I lost my eyesight, though, and started reading NLS books The Stand by
> Stephen King was sent to me automatically. My reaction was, oh, a best
> seller, ho
> hum, oh well I have it right here in front of me, I'll give it a try. Wow!
> My reaction was then that maybe all best sellers weren't so bad after all. I
> went on to become a Stephen King fan and if it was not for my favorable
> experience with Stephen King I might not be interested in trying out a Dan
> Brown novel now. I still haven't tried Dan Brown, but at least I am now
> willing
> because Stephen King taught me that being a best seller does not necessarily
> make it a bad book. Still, though, most best sellers still do not strike me
> as something I would want to bother with.
>
>
> "The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies
> the end.
> " Leon Trotsky
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> Hi Ann,
>
> Dan Brown does indeed write a mean story. grin. I've tried
> reading Angels and Demons, and it wasn't my cup of tea either. I
> also don't like the Harry Potter stories, as much as I admire
> them. I (ready for the blasphemy?) thought they were boring,
> although I love the Narnia series, Lord of the Rings, and lots of
> other fantasy and SF. Go figure.
>
> Judy s.
>
> Ann Parsons wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> <smiling> Judy, that's funny! I agree that Brown's premise for writing
>> The Da Vinci Code may be totally out in left field, but you've got to
>> admit that he writes a mean story. Anybody who can keep me up to
>> midnight or later reading his stuff is good, no matter if Jesus actually
>> married Mary Magdalene or not.
>>
>> Have you read Angels And Demons? That's even more exciting if possible,
>> than The Da Vinci Code.
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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