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Post your favorite quotes from the book.
One of mine is on page 90, "Her father was dead. Murdered for his genius."
Also on the same page, how it discusses how it's deadly. Then later on saying how it has a blast radius of half-a-mile. Important quotes, because it tells readers how bad the situation actually is.
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Sephia
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my fave is on the last page. "Bet you've never been with a yoga master" or something like that.
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Hannieking
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It's not really a quote, but it's when Langdon is walking around CERN and there's that note on the collumn....hold on, lemme get my book.......Ah-ha:
As the two men ascended the stone path toward the enrty, they passed under a gateway formed by a pair of marble columns. Someone had put a sticky-note on one of them.
THIS COLUMN IS IONIC
Physicist graffiti? Langdon mused, eeying the column and chuckling to himself. "I'm relieved to see that even brilliant physicists make mistakes."
Kohler looked over. "What do you mean?"
"Whoever wrote that note made a mistake. This column isn't Ionic. Ionic columns are uniform in width. That ones tapered. It's Doric - the Greek counterpart. A common mistake."
Kohler did not smile. "The author meant it as a joke, Mr. Langdon. Ionic means containing ions - electrically charged particles. Most objects contain them."
Langdon looked back at the column and groaned.
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I just felt his embarassment
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Dazzle
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Hannieking said:
I just felt his embarassment
Whose?
Obviously, you mean it's Dan Brown who should be embarrassed since Doric is not a Greek counterpart of Ionic. Both are Greek.
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MsVetra
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Quote:
Dazzle said:
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Hannieking said:
I just felt his embarassment
Whose?
Obviously, you mean it's Dan Brown who should be embarrassed since Doric is not a Greek counterpart of Ionic. Both are Greek.
Yes, I'm glad you noticed too, Dazzle. I have to say I was disappointed when I read that. Come on, Doric and Ionic are both Greek - and together with Corinthian they represent the three great classic Greek styles. Any fool who studied in Europe knows it!
Edited by MsVetra (01/17/06 04:49 AM)
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Remarkable
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The Romans copied so much of Greek architecture, so it's an easy mistake to make. However, ut's an interesting mistake for the character of Robert Langdon (a Harvard symbologist) to make. This could be Dan laying clues for subsequent books in the series...
Dan is a master of plot. Expect the unexpected...
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MsVetra
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I can see someone is getting excited about the forthcoming Robert Langdon new adventure! ;-)
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Remarkable
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Yes - I admit it, I'm looking forward to the The Solomen Key!
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MsVetra
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I am looking forward to the Solomon Key too but I think I may find it less interesting because it's set in Washington. Having been to Rome and Paris, I found it easy to picture the events in the previous 2 books. I've never been to Washington so I wonder if this will prove a disadvantage for my reading... We shall see.
Edited by MsVetra (01/20/06 03:27 AM)
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Remarkable
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I haven't been to Rome, but I was able to imagine it. I don't think you need to worry about not enjoying the new book - trust in Dan! He's never let any of us down before!
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