Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown

Aug 30, '16, 7:30 am

tee_eff_em Forum Master Forum Supporter   Join Date: May 19, 2004 Posts: 13,770

Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown -- The snobs and critics will have a field day with the US author’s latest work – but I’m not joining in. Classic! Renowned Forum Poster, tee __________________ THE REPUTATION SYSTEM WANTS TO BE FREE Homestyle Catholic CAF Knights of Columbus group Dominae dominique: Elvis ex aedificio exiit!

#2   Aug 30, '16, 9:59 am

Padres1969 Regular Member   Join Date: October 28, 2015 Posts: 5,291 Religion: Episcopalian

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by tee_eff_em Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown -- The snobs and critics will have a field day with the US author’s latest work – but I’m not joining in. Classic! Renowned Forum Poster, tee That article is 3 years old. And frankly I imagine Dan Brown is laughing all the way to the bank. As I recall Inferno is in the process of being made into a movie as we type.

#3   Aug 30, '16, 10:44 am

Della Forum Elder   Join Date: May 18, 2004 Posts: 19,275 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown The word for the day? Pulchritudinous. __________________ "We must overcome our enemies by gentleness; win them over by forbearance. Let them be punished by their own conscience, not by our wrath. Let us not at once wither the fig-tree, from which a more skillful gardener may yet entice fruit." St. Gregory Nazianzen Tiber Swim Team, Class of '87 "Sanctum erit, facere bonum in caritate"

#4   Aug 30, '16, 10:52 am

Kaninchen Veteran Member   Join Date: December 8, 2006 Posts: 9,401 Religion: Jewish

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown It must be awful to be as popular and successful as Dan Brown.

#5   Aug 30, '16, 11:08 am

Fuerza Regular Member   Join Date: September 19, 2005 Posts: 887 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown I know that it's an old article, but I lost half a cup of coffee to the line, "...flowing from her head like a stream but made from hair instead of water and without any fish in."

#6   Aug 30, '16, 12:15 pm

esieffe Regular Member   Join Date: July 26, 2013 Posts: 3,724 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Too funny... __________________ “The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.” – Saint Francis de Sales http://www.angelicwarfareconfraternity.org/ Major help with your fight for purity. "Ecumenism is the enemy of the Immaculata" Saint Maximilium Kolbe

#7   Aug 30, '16, 12:45 pm

GEddie Forum Elder Book Club Member   Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 89,310 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Meow. Indeed, DB is laughing all the way to the bank. Write something that people like spending time, discretionary money, and eye-strength on more than the output of his mind, and you would have something to burn on. Indeed, getting burnt on by the small minded proves that you are somebody. ICXC NIKA

#8   Aug 30, '16, 12:58 pm

tee_eff_em Forum Master Forum Supporter   Join Date: May 19, 2004 Posts: 13,770

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by Padres1969 That article is 3 years old. And frankly I imagine Dan Brown is laughing all the way to the bank. And I'd much rather contribute to the laughter than to his bank account. Quote: Originally Posted by Padres1969 As I recall Inferno is in the process of being made into a movie as we type. Yes. That is why the 3-year-old article popped up as relevant again. Also, this one -- Undated, so I can only hope it is this year! Dan Brown to publish special edition of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ for young adults "Early reaction on Twitter has not been enthusiastic" The date is encoded in the URL -- It is this year! The clean-shaven if pixelated tee __________________ THE REPUTATION SYSTEM WANTS TO BE FREE Homestyle Catholic CAF Knights of Columbus group Dominae dominique: Elvis ex aedificio exiit!

#9   Aug 30, '16, 4:40 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown It's sad that this man's potboiler writings are passed off as important literature to an unsophisticated public and made into movies by Hollywood. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#10   Aug 30, '16, 4:44 pm

Padres1969 Regular Member   Join Date: October 28, 2015 Posts: 5,291 Religion: Episcopalian

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by Dwyer It's sad that this man's potboiler writings are passed off as important literature to an unsophisticated public and made into movies by Hollywood. Well people do like a good mystery. And his stories, while not the best written, are at least interestingly presented mystery stories. Often with subjects the popular culture likes to imagine are more mysterious then the reality might be. Such as the Vatican, the Illuminati, Christ having a family, The Masons, etc...

#11   Aug 30, '16, 5:03 pm

GEddie Forum Elder Book Club Member   Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 89,310 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by Dwyer It's sad that this man's potboiler writings are passed off as important literature to an unsophisticated public and made into movies by Hollywood. Has there been any "important literature" in English since Robert Ludlum? ICXC NIKA

#12   Aug 30, '16, 5:05 pm

GEddie Forum Elder Book Club Member   Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 89,310 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by Padres1969 Well people do like a good mystery. And his stories, while not the best written, are at least interestingly presented mystery stories. Often with subjects the popular culture likes to imagine are more mysterious then the reality might be. Such as the Vatican, the Illuminati, Christ having a family, The Masons, etc... At least he can burn equally on everybody! ICXC NIKA

#13   Aug 30, '16, 7:23 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by GEddie Has there been any "important literature" in English since Robert Ludlum? ICXC NIKA I don't personally follow contemporary literature but the answer is, unsurprisingly, yes: http://www.rd.com/culture/contemporary-writers-read/ There was a time when writers played a role in our society; writers would be featured close to an annual basis on the cover of Time magazine (e.g., T.S. Eliot) for example. Today, if a novel or play is discussed in our society, and the title trickles down to the common man or woman, vetted and pruned by the cultural gatekeepers as worthy of his or her consumption, its subject matter has to be about sex, vaginas, lawyers, the Catholic Church and its "secrets", or the Catholic Church sex scandal, or a sequel to a literary classic bestseller from 55 years ago. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.) Last edited by Dwyer; Aug 30, '16 at 7:40 pm.

#14   Aug 31, '16, 5:02 am

John Lazarus Regular Member   Join Date: January 24, 2010 Posts: 4,568

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by GEddie Has there been any "important literature" in English since Robert Ludlum? ICXC NIKA Well, I've always though Boynton's But Not the Hippopotamus to be an underrated classic on conformity, acceptance, and identity politics. __________________ "I wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot pole." — Vlad II, Voivode of Wallachia

#15   Sep 2, '16, 7:53 am

Maximilan Kolbe Banned   Join Date: August 27, 2015 Posts: 1,614 Religion: Catholic

Re: Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown Quote: Originally Posted by John Lazarus Well, I've always though Boynton's But Not the Hippopotamus to be an underrated classic on conformity, acceptance, and identity politics. Pales when compared to her earlier works, like "Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down."