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In response to "Here's what I don't quite get about Dan Brown's popularity - I've never heard anyone praise his books unreservedly." by Reagen

I thought The Da Vinci Code was a book of tremendous ideas. I enjoyed it a lot. -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Sep 17 '09, 18:51

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ripped off a number of other people. Also suffers from Oliver Stone syndrome -- take an idea and present it as fact. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 18:58 20
- ...in a novel. which is fiction. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 19:06 3
  - but he includes a note at the beginning saying that all the history in the book is fact, which is a lie. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 19:30 2
    - you were there? -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 19:32 1
      - it's been widely debunked. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 19:33
- I didn't have a problem with any of his ideas being expressly derivative. Meanwhile, National Treasure ripped him off to a The Mentalist degree. -- nm - David Sep 17, 19:00 15
  - James Rollins "Map of Bones" was a much better book covering similar themes...and I liked Da Vinci. Not great, but decent read. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:07 11
    - It came out two years later, so it's in the National Treasure grouping of imitators. -- nm - David Sep 17, 19:11 10
      - without knowing anything about these books, I don't have a problem with imitation if the thought process is - Reagen Sep 17, 19:17 8
        
        Yes, I generally agree with that. I often wonder if Joss Whedon looks at Twilight fans and wonders, "Where the fuck were you at the start of the 2000s - David Sep 17, 19:18 7
        
        Him and the Moonlight people as well. But Whedon did get 7 years of one and 5 years of another so he had a good run. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:20 6
        
        Relatively speaking, Whedon's success is a 100 yard dash while she's ran all the way around the world. Twice. -- nm - David Sep 17, 19:21 5
        
        true. very true. I wonder if all of this stuff has made Gellar or Boreanz think about the movie possibilites. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:22 4
        
        It wouldn't sell. For whatever reason, the insipid version is more universal. -- nm - David Sep 17, 19:29 1
        
        (Much like The Beatles and Star Wars.) - David Sep 17, 19:30
        
        I think Boreanaz has reached the point of not being able to look like he's not aging. - Reagen Sep 17, 19:26 1
        
        true. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:29
      - good point. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:16
  - From what I can tell, National Treasure owns its ridiculousness. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 19:03 2
    - Relatedly, I saw a magazine ad the other day for a book that was so clearly trying to be Da Vinci Code meets Twilight. - David Sep 17, 19:06 1
      - I saw my first ad for The Vampire Diaries tonight. Was the thought process "Hey, I'm a shitty writer, and I like vampires too!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 19:07
same, I really enjoyed it. all his books have great ideas but unfortunately by the fourth book the set ups were all too familiar. -- nm - zork Sep 17, 18:57
I can't get past his prose. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 18:53

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