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Sephia said:
Dazzle and Co.

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I act alone.

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Sephia said:
huh? Magic wands and evil wizards in a Dan Brown book? Now THAT would be scary.... And we'd finally know Dazzle and Co. are right if that ever happened...

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In what sense would Dazzle be "right"?

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MsVetra said:
I would not be interested in joining a forum of someone I disliked.

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Most of the good writers don't have forums.

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maybe Dazzle and co. are blogs/forums edge cases? ;-)

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I don't understand what you mean by the "edge case" term.

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Remarkable said:
However, while 99% of people here might join DB forums because the like Dan's books, there will be 1% who join for other reasons (e.g. Dazzle). Those 1% of people would be so-called "edge cases", because they are right at the edge of the distribution.

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If that's the case, then we've certainly got a lot of "edge cases" here. As Dazzle pointed out in another thread, the vast majority of the people who come here because they're fans of Dan Brown's books end up posting a very short, "Dan Brown is the best author in the history of the universe!" message--and then we never hear from them again. A forum full of people who agree with one another doesn't last very long--it becomes boring very quickly to see post after post from fans echoing one another's sycophantic comments. Pretty soon people start struggling for things to talk about, and then we see new threads about favourite music, favourite films and television programs, favourite ice cream flavours, etc. That's where your 99% would end up, if it were not for your "edge cases"

The posters that stick around and have substantial discussions here, on the other hand, tend to be more interested in connecting with other people who share an interest in some aspect of the subject matter, rather than the books or characters themselves.

Consider that many of the busier threads these days have nothing to do with Robert Langdon or events that took place in any of Brown's books. Instead, people are discussing encryption, ambigrams, Freemasonry, Harry Potter, the Illuminati, conspiracy theories, and a bunch of esoteric arcana. I don't think most of those posters care much about Dan Brown or his books, beyond the fact that they generate interest in the subject matter, and draw more participants into discussions.

Dazzle certainly isn't the only one of us who doesn't think much of Dan Brown's work, he just may be the most vocal about it, occasionally mistaking sarcasm for wit Some of us hang around here to participate in discussions related to the subject matter itself (rather than the writing or the characters), for the mutual education opportunities that arise from these discussions. Some may be on a high-minded mission to stop the spread of misinformation about topics raised in Brown's books (particularly regarding the claims of "fact"). Others are here to promote their books/games/products to a market that Brown's books have identified.

In short, be thankful for us "edge cases"--we give the rest of you something to talk about

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