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Da Vinci Code Author, Dan Brown’s Follow-Up, The Lost Symbol
I know most of you have been dying for another Dan Brown book. I know it. That’s why I’ve taken the time to post this exciting news for you! Dan Brown’s follow up to his highly successful, million dollar x 5 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code, will be a book called The Lost Symbol. It’s due out in stores September 15 and you can preorder your copy at Barnes and Noble. Some of you may even receive a 40% off coupon in your inbox if you’re a member or a customer or both. The publisher list price for this book is $28.95. No official cover of the book has been released and the story’s content is not available at this time.
Update: Speculation is that the new book will feature Robert Langdon and will focus on freemasonry.. I have an uncle who is a freemason. Too bad he wouldn’t be interested in reading this book. Just as an aside, I read The Da Vinci Code after the whole world read it and thought it was decent, not great. There was a lot of info dumping but the subject matter was interesting. The book did spark a lot of controversy and inspired a litany of TV docs and travel guides. I’m sure the Lost Symbol will probably do the same.
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about 1 year ago
What makes his books famous is his ability to connect a bunch of clues, artifacts, monuments, and ideas then create a story full of mystery that makes the reader really wonder if it is true. If a writer can pull that off, his or her writing will be more interesting even if they don’t possess the best rhetoric.
about 1 year ago
Interesting to see how ‘The Lost Symbol’ plays out.
about 1 year ago
@Sarah T — research maybe? He purportedly does extensive research for his novels and for that I appreciate.
@Mailli — sounds intriguing.
@Jennygirl — I’ve only read The Da Vinci Code. Must read Angels and Demons. My mother has read and owns his entire backlist in audiobook. She just loves this man. He can do no wrong er write a bad book.
about 1 year ago
‘The Da Vinci Code’ was a decent beach read but did not live up to all the hype. I wonder why Dan Brown waited so long to produce a follow-up?
about 1 year ago
Angels and Demons was much better than DaVinci Code.
I remember the Freemasons connection mentioned a long time ago, oh wait I thought it was Templars? Both story lines tend to sound the same time after time. National Treasure was pretty cool so that will be a tough act to follow. But prob more open to interpretation vs. Templars.
about 1 year ago
I agree. I enjoyed almost all his books (The Digital Whatever is the worst, though). It did its job, telling a TV dinner story.
I remember reading reports a couple of years ago that he had this idea of associating the freemasonry with the founding fathers, symbols in US bank notes and landmarks, and so on. Similar to the film, National Treasure, but I believe Brown’s story might have something to do with the Mayflower Settlers society (?), the C.I.A. building (Landford? it apparently has a plaque of a code that no one could break or something like it?) and perhaps the historical connection to the Lincoln assassination. But all that is a rumour, though.
about 1 year ago
@ames — I remember reading an AP article yesterday that said he was doing research on the freemasons. Must try harder to find it.
about 1 year ago
I read on his website a long time ago that his next book was going to be about the free masons. I wonder if he stuck with that idea or not.