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Dan Brown
Method of Madness:
Yes...a "hammer".
(walks away)
(walks back)
The hammer is my penis.
CrowFairy:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 20 May 2013, 13:05 ---I've only read one book by him (Deception Point), and that was quite a while ago. I don't know how much of this happens in his other books.
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I loved Deception Point! That was a really good read for me.
For the people who don't care for Dan Brown: I haven't read his other books, but Deception Point is really quite different--it's about science and conspiracy (Okay, so the others are about conspiracy, but this one is related to the government and is provable). I've seen the Da Vinci movies and didn't care for them.
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 20 May 2013, 17:13 ---I enjoy his books.
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I've only read Runaway Jury and Skipping Christmas and rather liked both of them.
Method of Madness:
I didn't read Skipping Christmas, but if you liked Runaway Jury you'll probably like the rest of his legal stuff.
Thrillho:
He writes potboilers, and reasonably well a that. So meh. Credit to him. Question is, would we rather people read a not very good book, or read nothing at all?
Lupercal:
I suppose it depends, right? The answer should really be the former. But I remember even taking A-Level English people still hadn't got a favourite book beyond the scope of Harry Potter. If the literature 'snobbery' won out in the general public then Paul Auster would be a multi-millionaire.
The other thing is about getting into new authors rather than just reading old ones. Kind of got massively bored of hearing how the press thought Hilary Mantel was going to win the Women's Prize for Fiction after winning the Booker and Costa prizes. Very little column space is given to the longlist, let alone the shortlist, for these prizes. Only the finalists, and ultimately winner, get a proper dedication from the media.
Although I'm not a huge Kindle fan, the fact that Amazon sell certain eBooks at a 'loss' (ie selling it for 20p whilst the author receives full RRP commission) means people read different, varied books by new and upcoming authors.
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