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[bzarcher]

Crazy day at work. Wierd things at home.

Going to go take a nap and hope it helps.

The DaVinci Code was a good read. I ended up blitzing it in under 48 hours, of which I spent probably 32 not reading, if not more.

Does anyone know a good place to get a back/neck massage in columbus? So knotted it feels like I have a softballs on the sides of my neck, back where my neck meets the spine, and in my lumbar.

Talk to everyone later.

Comments

[avylin.livejournal.com]

The DaVinci Code is one of those things they always mention in tandem with other works of religious fiction. How was it, as far as religion goes? Were there just overtones or was it beating the 'GOD IS GREAT AND SINNERS WILL DIE' drum pretty hard?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Religion is part of the plot. Therefore, it's difficult to explain without spoiling part of the book. However, it is absolutely not a fundamentalist text in any way, nor does it try to convert you.

However, it does point out that quite a bit of modern Christianity was based on some very specific lies and slants to the history introduced by Constantine...

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

After polishing off DVC, I went and read Angels and Demons, and am still finishing up Digital Fortress, both also by Dan Brown. I didn't like A&D nearly as much as I liked DVC, mainly because it's much more of a "standard" espionage novel (here's the thing, find the thing, get the clue to the next thing) than DVC (get a clue, see how it fits, look for the next clue, then finally you put it all together and get a thing). DF, however, is fantastic. It's not at all religious like the other two; it's about cryptography.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I will be keeping this very much in mind. Especially since the symbology and cryptography were the parts that really grabbed me at first. (Favorite thing I EVER did in a college classroom was doing symbolic and cryptographic analyses of The Name of The Rose.)

[austenbronte.livejournal.com]

Well good I am glad at least ONE person I know liked it. I think it's pretty good, not great but a fun read. However, all of our mutual friends have gone on and on about how bad the research and writing is. Now I know there are problems with the research but I think they are letting that color the rest of the read...it is a fun book and should be viewed as that and nothing more.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Exactly. If I wanted absolutely perfect data and research, I'd not be reading anything at all, and if I wanted at least well documented shoddy data and research, it'd be a textbook.

This was a good read with some twists I didn't expect and a fairly neat premise. Yay!

[gigerlicious.livejournal.com]

Weird!