Monday, July 04, 2005

Great Works from Great Author


Dan Brown is the author of the numerous best selling novels namely, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, Digital Fortress and not to forget the famous and controversial, The Da Vinci Code.

To give you an overview of this talented author, he is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent as an English teacher before turning into a full time writer. Mind you, his first work was not the famous The Da Vinci Code, instead the Digital Fortess. Such novel became a #1 best selling eBook. Hence, this was followed by Deception Point which also touches issues on national security, morality of politics as well as classified technology.


Aside from being a son of a math professor and professional sacred musician, Brown has been highly influenced by philosophies of science and religion. With these perspectives, these served as an inpiration for his highly acclaimed novel Angels and Demons - science vs. religion thriller where the protagonist, Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of iconography and religious art is solving a crime set in Swiss physics laboratory, hence saving the Vatican City.


Another person who greatly influenced Brown is his wife Blythe who is a historian and painter. They collaborated on his researches and frequent research trips in Paris where they spent time in the Louvre for his thriller, The Da Vinci Code. This novel achieved numerous success simultaneously topping bestseller lists in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Week and San Francisco Journal. More so, it is now being adapted for film by Columbia Pictures where Tom Hanks portrays Robert Langdon.

Having four (4) great works, his followers are definitely waiting for the next one which will surely be another best selling novel of our time.

10 Comments:

At 12:31 PM, Blogger Mayet said...

I've started reading The Da Vinci Code but I'm still on chapter one. Hehe. Been so busy lately that I couldn't find time to read. Haaaaay!

 
At 3:55 PM, Blogger FollenKollen said...

I've read angels & demons and da vince code...

can't wait for the movie.... :)

 
At 6:30 PM, Blogger Princess Em said...

to meyms, my new blog friend. try to finish the book it's really nice..better if u start 1st the angels & demons.

to fisherpau, next year pa ata ang movie eh...it's tom hanks, type mo?

 
At 8:31 AM, Blogger Mayet said...

Movie?! Wow! I'd like that very much! Tom Hanks is good so I guess he'll be fit for the role.

Okay Ems, I'll try to buy Angels & Demons and read it first. Hopefully I'll have enough time to finish it. :)

 
At 8:33 AM, Blogger Mayet said...

Btw Ems, you look very young in your age. Hehe. I really thought you were just 28 or 29. I was surprised to see at your profile that you're already 46. :)

 
At 1:31 PM, Blogger Princess Em said...

hi meyms...hehe i just made fun of my age... honestly,im mid-30s na.

di ba you're from negros occ? that's the hometown of my dad. i think he used to live in the town named kabangkalan..

 
At 2:09 PM, Blogger Mayet said...

Hahaha! But why oh why? You still look young.

Yep, I'm from Negros Occidental but I live here in Bacolod City and Kabankalan is 3 hours away from here. I haven't been there yet. Hehe.

 
At 9:28 PM, Blogger Princess Em said...

to fisherpau, me too looking forward to the movie.. but i think russell crow would be a better actor for the role Robert Langdon..

to meyms..it's been a long time also not been in bacolod..i think d last time i was there was year 1990..

 
At 10:20 AM, Blogger Nick Ballesteros said...

Hello Princess Em! I also tried reading the Da Vinci Code but never got to finish it. Hopefully Meyms will do a better job at it :-)

My wife did, though. She said it was great reading but it has religious overtones that will shake your foundation if you are not devout. I have returned the book to the generous colleague who loaned it to me.

 
At 11:20 AM, Blogger Princess Em said...

to watson, well, wait na lang for the movie for u to fully appreciate the story. yes, it will really shake your faith but then again, it's still you on how strong your faith to Him and that matters most.

 

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