rheyn
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ARTICLE EXCERPT:
And what of Brown, the man who set off all this mania three years ago when he wrote "The Da Vinci Code?"
Publisher Doubleday is sharing no details on Brown's next book except that the working title — "The Solomon Key" — has been dropped.
"No title, no content, no publication date, no nothing," Doubleday's Alison Rich says.
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/NEWS01/602160310/1002/NEWS01
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corsig
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That will definitly screw alot of people up who already have books planned using it.
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doodoobutter
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lmao, yeah it will! Anyway, what the hell!? I knida liked the name "The Solomon Key". It had a nice ring to it. Angels and Demons...Da Vinci Code...Solomon Key. Meh...oh well, I guess they're gonna be reeeeeeal tight-lipped about this book. 
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Dazzle
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I'm sure Belfegor's publisher is happy now.
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Belfegor
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Dazzle said:
I'm sure Belfegor's publisher is happy now.
Seem to have a little thing going for me don't you Dazzle. Funny that you didn't reply to my explanatory post last time, but felt you should jump in quickly here with a bit more niggle.
Talking to a number of people, there is a bit of skepticism about this. No official statement was made, it was simply a one sentence reply to an enquiring reporter (from the LA Times I think?), and Doubleday haven't responded to further calls for clarification. It could as easily be interpreted as an off-hand dismissal of yet another annoying enquiry..."no I have no idea when the thing will be finished" (do you really think there is no content?).
It would certainly be a big move for Brown and his publishers to change everything now...they built a whole pre-publicity campaign around the content of the new book, to the degree of even adding clues about it to the dust jacket of The Da Vinci Code. Which also means that it has been the de facto sequel since around 2002. If Brown is really starting from scratch, it raises serious questions about what has gone wrong (National Treasure, perhaps even books like mine, may be possibles). The other possibility is that they may just be trying to diminish any expectation about the next book, until they start their own publicity (I was offered a hell of a lot of money in one country, by Dan Brown's publisher there, to just 'buy it off the market' in order to protect their own publicity program).
Some are suggesting that DB's publishers will tie in the new book publication with the DVD release of The Da Vinci Code movie, which would probably mark the endgame (finally) of TDVC phenomenon, and so would be a good time to start a new bandwagon while trading on the success of TDVC.
I'll reserve judgement until I see something more official.
Peace and Respect,
Greg
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MsVetra
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I wonder what's going on with this book... First the release date was post-poned, now the title is uncertain... Hmmmm. Dan, if you're there, would you care to explain your fanbase what's happening, darling?
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EVDebs
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MsVetra
I'd love it if DB discovers the real secret behind E Clampus Vitus and writes it into the next novel.
http://www.answers.com/topic/e-clampus-vitus
However, keeping to such deathly serious matters, as with Opus Dei and flagellation etc, the Jesuits and Knights of Malta should take their rightful place in the next effort by DB, IMHO.
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MsVetra
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Quote:
EVDebs said:
MsVetra
I'd love it if DB discovers the real secret behind E Clampus Vitus and writes it into the next novel.
http://www.answers.com/topic/e-clampus-vitus
However, keeping to such deathly serious matters, as with Opus Dei and flagellation etc, the Jesuits and Knights of Malta should take their rightful place in the next effort by DB, IMHO.
That would be great. Perhaps you could suggest Dan to consider your thoughts?
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corsig
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Dan Brown is an author not a historian so I wouldn't count on him cracking any mystical secrets anytime soon.
As far as the title I would have to imagine he is so far into it with all the publicity that he couldn't change the name now even if he wanted to.
Anyone that is into his books already has that title ingrained into their minds.
Plus it's a perfect title for a book about the Masons.
Cory
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MsVetra
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So are you saying that you don't believe in this rumour about the title change? Why do you think it spread?
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