he'll respond with the title today :-)
I too liked the failsafes and the secret society stuff (very reminiscent
of Eyes Wide Shut) the book was certainly entertaining, but the whole
time I couldn't help thinking, "Zoinks!" and "ruh-roh, Raggy!" and "I'd
have got away with it too, if hadn't been for you meddlin' kids!"
:-)
will
Marlon Moyer wrote:
> Will,
>
> I'd like to know the title of that book your referring to. I
> definitely see
> what your saying about the plot itself. I was usually more interested in
> the background story going on. I was somewhat disappointed by the ending.
> I felt like he just endowed the villain with some super powers to wrap
> everything up in the end.
>
> The first half of the book I really enjoyed though. It was
> interesting how
> all of the rules and failsafes from this "secret society" all fell into
> place.
>
> --
> marlon
>
>
> "And Bobby you are right, I am being selfish, but the last time I checked,
> we don't have a whole lot of songs that feature the cowbell!"
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:00 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: The Da Vinci code
> >
> > Nice bit of Scooby-Doo mystery.
> >
> > I thought the book was very predictable, followed the standard plot
> > machine output to the letter. I picked "bad guy" on the first page his
> > name was mentioned.
> >
> > The tying together of all the stuff about Opus Dei and the Priory, the
> > Knights Templar and the Grail, etc. was interesting but nothing I hadn't
> > heard before, even if presented in a slightly different way.
> >
> > There's a book that's been out for a bunch of years now that The DaVinci
> > Code is based on, don't remember the title off-hand. I'm currently
> > waiting for my turn to read it. I can find out the title if you'd like,
> > and I'll post a review once I've read it. It's basically all of the
> > research done by several archeologists, theologians, etc. that trace the
> > history of the Knights Templar, the Priory of Scion, Opus Dei, the
> > Gr-r-r-r-r-r-r-rail (I really do prefer Tim the Enchanter's
> > pronunciation :-) ), Mary Magdelene and other subjects covered in
> DaVinci.
> >
> > will
> >
> >
> > Marlon Moyer wrote:
> >
> > > Just finished reading it last night. Started on Friday evening and
> > > couldn't
> > > put it down. It was a good thriller. I'd love to know how much is
> > > based on
> > > fact and how much was fiction. Then again, I've always wondered what
> > > Mason's and the like do also. Anyone else read this book? Outside of
> > > Sci-Fi/Fantasy, which I read a lot of, this is the first book I've
> > > read that
> > > fast in a long time.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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