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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all) 6stringer stranger Reged: 02/05/04 Posts: 1 Loc: The Outer Rim The Rule of Four       #1051 - 05/14/04 04:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Anybody else read this yet? I just bought it yesterday but I haven't started it. Barnes&Noble.com described it as an "Ivy League Da Vinci Code". Here's the link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=BQv1EvQi7K&cds2Pid=946&isbn=0385337116 -------------------- We'll have to go out thru the kitchen... Post Extras:       AAnnAArchy Gifted Procrastinator Reged: 10/20/03 Posts: 643 Loc: Las Vegas Re: The Rule of Four [Re: 6stringer]       #1052 - 05/14/04 06:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It sounds interesting - let us know how it is. Post Extras:       Sephia Supreme Goddess Reged: 11/28/03 Posts: 876 Loc: MA, USA Re: The Rule of Four [Re: AAnnAArchy]       #1054 - 05/15/04 01:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I ordered it from the library, but with 88 holds before me, I have a feeling I wont get to it anytime soon. To whoever reads it first: Tell me how it is. -------------------- "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind Post Extras:       Dazzle addict Reged: 04/02/04 Posts: 484 Loc: UK Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Sephia]       #1056 - 05/18/04 08:50 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I saw the book it centres around in my nearest Borders and thought about buying it for my collection. It's also online at this location Post Extras:       AAnnAArchy Gifted Procrastinator Reged: 10/20/03 Posts: 643 Loc: Las Vegas Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1226 - 06/06/04 06:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It's now on the best-seller's list...anyone read it yet? I'd forgotten about it until I read a review in my local paper today. Post Extras:       Dazzle addict Reged: 04/02/04 Posts: 484 Loc: UK Re: The Rule of Four [Re: AAnnAArchy]       #1227 - 06/06/04 11:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've not read it - generally I'm suspicious of any book that hits a bestseller list. However it has been recommended to me along with other authors' stuff. Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1288 - 06/12/04 10:58 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just ordered it... I should get it by next week... and then we'll see )) -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       Sephia Supreme Goddess Reged: 11/28/03 Posts: 876 Loc: MA, USA Re: The Rule of Four [Re: poia]       #1335 - 06/19/04 05:24 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just read it and I must admit, I am very impressed. The same Q's as popped up about DVC are evident, in the popular, "How much is true". While I'll accept that there is a Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (sp? Yikes, what a mouthful), I am not sure about most of the codes. THere is very little about it online except links to Amazon to buy it and a link to read it through some University in English. There is a code with the first letters of each chapter, but other than that, I think the book is mostly fiction. Too bad, it IS intriguing. This book is similar to DVC in that it contains a mystery that it simpifies to make it accesible, but the Hypnerotomachia stays inaccessible to most, unlike many of the books mentioned in DVC, which one can easily buy. First of all, THe author (whoever he is) wrote in Latin (how many here can speak that fluently? not me) and used words from other languages or made them up. Sort of the James Joyce of the Rennaissance. The characters in the book, somehow, seem to speak every Romance language possible fluently. Yikes! No wonder that school rejected me, I can barely speak 3 languages, only one of them (French) Romance... Another difference is that DVC is, first and foremoat, about this mystery. The Rule of FOur, while deeply entrenched in the intricacies of the Hypnerotomachia, is first of all, a Coming-of-age story that depicts the changing relationships between the main characters. This is an absolutely fantastic book, but not easy. Written in a rather more advances style than DVC, I often felt as I should have a dictionary and encyclopedia with me. While it explained some cool facts, such as the belladonna plant, many seem dropped. i was really happy when I came across a reference I actually understood! It is fascinating, but more fictional than DVC. We can argue about the Prieure because there is at least some corroborating evidence. Unfortunately there is none for the codes that the book found in the Hypnerotomachia, and looking for them is far beyond most average-Joe readers. Unfortunately. I do want to read the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, but I fear I'll have to rely on the English translation. Sorry about spoilers, i tried not to give much away.... -------------------- "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind Post Extras:       AAnnAArchy Gifted Procrastinator Reged: 10/20/03 Posts: 643 Loc: Las Vegas Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Sephia]       #1340 - 06/19/04 08:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We just got the book, so we now look forward to reading it, since it has the Sephia Seal of Approval. Post Extras:       Sephia Supreme Goddess Reged: 11/28/03 Posts: 876 Loc: MA, USA Re: The Rule of Four [Re: AAnnAArchy]       #1352 - 06/20/04 01:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   lol. -------------------- "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all)

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