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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all) Dazzle addict Reged: 04/02/04 Posts: 484 Loc: UK Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Sephia]       #1359 - 06/20/04 05:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Side Fact: The publisher of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili was Manutius which was also the name of the publisher in Foucault's Pendulum. Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1364 - 06/20/04 11:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   interesting side fact...;))) I'm still waiting for the book... and becoming impatient... -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: poia]       #1377 - 06/24/04 09:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Good book... I very much enjoyed it... and very much recommend it...:) -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: poia]       #1378 - 06/24/04 01:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   check this out: http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/theruleoffour/play.html -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       WKShadow Beloved Angel Reged: 06/02/04 Posts: 79 Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC Re: The Rule of Four [Re: poia]       #1381 - 06/24/04 10:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I like it. I have gotten to the library, but a glitch occurred and I have to start over. This is fun. Thanks Poia Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: WKShadow]       #1383 - 06/25/04 11:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   yes... but short!:( -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       Dazzle addict Reged: 04/02/04 Posts: 484 Loc: UK Re: The Rule of Four [Re: poia]       #1490 - 07/11/04 08:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm reading this just now and, after 160 pages, I'm finding it to be extremely dull. Facts, as said previously, do seem dropped (a similar annoyance with The Da Vinci Code) and the narrative is an excruciating collection of chapter after chapter of exposition with the occasional section of present tense leading into further expository revelations. For American college books (I, as a Brit, wonder what the hell all this sophomore, freshman, alumni, and Greek named fraternities is all about) think that Donna Tartt's The Secret History is superior. On the back of The Rule of Four, there is a quote saying that if F. Scott Fitzgerald, Umberto Eco, and Dan Brown teamed up to write a novel then The Rule of Four would be the result. (by author Nelson DeMille) This is the most ridiculous quote ever and does two extremely gifted authors an unthinkable disservice.* * By two gifted authors I'm not referring to Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Edited by Dazzle (07/11/04 08:45 PM) Post Extras:       Sephia Supreme Goddess Reged: 11/28/03 Posts: 876 Loc: MA, USA Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1500 - 07/12/04 08:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I think the quote sort of makes sense. It is a coming of age story (Fitzgerald) in a Brown/Eco type story about the Hypnerotomachia. While the constant flashbacks are sort of annoying, one gets used to them...eventually. -------------------- "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind Post Extras:       poia The Modeleter Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 168 Loc: NJ Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1530 - 07/16/04 11:58 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I must admit, I was getting bored... But the end is quite good, or so I think, and saved the rest of it.:) -------------------- "OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W. Post Extras:       Mudpuppy member Reged: 10/17/03 Posts: 102 Loc: Las Vegas, NV Re: The Rule of Four [Re: Dazzle]       #1775 - 08/31/04 06:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I finished reading this book weeks, if not months, ago, and can't believe I forgot to post about it. I bought it for the main purpose of discussing it here, which shows how old age decays the memory Dazzle commented << For American college books I think that Donna Tartt's The Secret History is superior. >>. Oddly enough, I finished reading "Secret History" just before I started reading "Rule of Four", yet had no idea there would be any similarities. It was just a coincidence -- "Secret History" was being read by a bunch of teenagers on another board and I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. I was really surprised by how similar the two books were. It was as if you could take characters from one and just swap them out for characters from the other. "Secret History" was more sinister and less about actual history, but nevertheless, the two books have a lot in common. I enjoyed "Rule of Four" because I thought the characters often relied on common sense. Instead of running from the police and hiding, the characters in "Rule of Four" talk to the police and explain the situation. While it wasn't the most interesting story I've ever read, I did enjoy it. I think I may have liked it more than "The DaVinci Code" if only because I don't like all the car chases and hiding. Reading about people studying in a dorm room is fine with me. Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all)

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