Bullet
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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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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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Dazzle said:
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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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MsVetra
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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!
Lol @ not letting anyone down! I hope you're right, Remarkable. I know that I enjoyed Angels and Demons particularly because I know most of the places that were mentioned...
Also, this could be my excuse to go and visit Washington!
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PhiPI
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Why does "counterpart" mean its not Greek? There are two styles, both are Greek, so one is a counterpart to the other... ?  Definition of counterpart: One that closely resembles another.
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Cornflower
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There is no mention of “Greek counterpart” in Russian translation of the book. I think the translator wanted to avoid any readers’ misunderstanding.
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Dazzle
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Why does "counterpart" mean its not Greek? There are two styles, both are Greek, so one is a counterpart to the other... ? Definition of counterpart: One that "closely resembles another.
Er, no. Go back and read. It clearly states:
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the Greek counterpart.
The use of the definite article here implies that he is meaning the Greek equivalent of something Roman. Of course, he's wrong.
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Remarkable
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I suspect Dan was not wrong. Rather, it looks like he's laying a clue for Tuscan pillars to play a role in the next book. Tuscan pillar designs, of course, being the Roman counterpart of the Greek Doric design.
It's too much of a coincidence that Doric pillars would be the Greek counterpart of an Italian design, for this to be regarded as anything other than an intentional "mistake" aka clue...
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Dazzle
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I suspect Dan was not wrong. Rather, it looks like he's laying a clue for Tuscan pillars to play a role in the next book. Tuscan pillar designs, of course, being the Roman counterpart of the Greek Doric design.
Ha, that sounded so serious I almost took your for EVDebs.
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Remarkable
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Ha, that sounded so serious I almost took your for EVDebs.
LOL! Well, I'm just trying to be of service for people who are genuinely interested about the new Dan Brown book.
For those that haven't the ability to have followed my (many) clues about the plot (which carefully have avoided spoilers), let me give a more obvious link between the subject of the Solomon Key (freemasons), and the subject of Greek versus Italian column design.
The subject of Greek versus Roman columns is covered here by a Grand Master, no less...
http://www.indianafreemasons.com/imomiddle/legeman/part-2.html
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Dazzle
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The subject of Greek versus Roman columns is covered here by a Grand Master, no less...
A chess player discussing architecture? Wonders never cease.
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Remarkable
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Yes, surprising, isn't it?
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Cornflower
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It is not my favorite quote. It is just a nit-pick.
In the chapter 29 Vittoria and her father laugh at the question “what’s the matter?” and Vittoria’s answer. Do they speak English or Italian? Vittoria was born in Italy. Of course, her father taught her English. And I can suppose in the chapter 29 they speak English. If it is not so, the joke is wrongful.
Every language has its own features. If it is funny in English, it may not to be funny in another language.
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D0CDF
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Ventresca's speech about Science's pitfalls was pretty thoughtful on the whole... and I say that as a science major
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"Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to." -Vittoria, chapter 31
It just about sums it up very nicely.
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Christina
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Do you want me to post all quotes and the WHOLE quote? 
I loved chapter 94. It's hanging above my bed and I'm reading it every day. It's the speech of the Camerlengo about religion and science and with that speech he really spoke my mind...
"It shatter god’s world into smaller and smaller pieces in quest of meaning… and all it finds is more questions...."
"We cry out for meaning. And believe me, we do cry out. WE see UFOs, engage in channeling, spirit contact, out-of-body experiences, mindquests—all these eccentric ideas have a scientific veneer, but they are unashamedly irrational. They are the desperate cry of the modern soul, lonely and tormented, crippled by its own enlightenment and its inability to accept meaning in anything removed from technology"
Okay... I see I cannot post less than the whole speech So I just stop with that:
"Have we become so spiritually bankrupt that we would rather believe in mathematical impossibility than in a power greater than us?"
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You want to see miracles? Open your eyes!
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