The hand of the mysteries.......

E1T5Y · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:43

Hi All

I have been reading the Dan Brown: LOST SYMBOL book and it makes reference to "The Hand of the Mysteries" I did a quick web search (in order to weed out whats fact and whats fiction) and have found that it seems to be real all be it VERY VERY Limited info out there.

Anybody come across before in research or interest?

Be great to hear and also receive any links to websites that i may not have seen

Lysander · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:47

He made it all up and he's a talentless prat.

Greebo · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:48

Lysander said:
He made it all up and he's a talentless prat.

I disagree (slightly). He jumps on the bandwagon and takes other peoples ideas and turns them into (readable) books/films and makes millions.

So on that basis he does have some talent...........

Abraham · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:51

Greebo said:
(readable)

I disagree more than slightly, they're incredibly painful to read!

robgmun · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:52

Well not everyones agrees, lol

Tefal · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:53

Captain scarlet to the rescue?

arknor · 2 Nov 2009 at 11:55

its that guys hand that won the world cup.

everyone else knows it as the hand of god

Casdawer · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:09

I love all of Dan Brown's books and they make very good films!

malfunkshun · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:28

I am with Stephen fry on the matter

Complete loose-stool-water. Arse-gravy of the very worst kind.

An opinion that I share.

eddiemcgarrigle · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:30

I heard that a large portion of Yanks believe almost everything in his books to be factual. Is there any limit to there stupidity.

E1T5Y · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:32

Lysander said:
He made it all up

- Well so far, other than the story line, all references have come up as true.

Lysander said:
and he's a talentless

- "Talentless" does not make you a millionaire and a top selling Author. Thats like saying Tiger Woods is rubbish at Golf ! ha ha ha

Lysander said:
prat

- I cant comment on the prat part as i have never met him

I know we all entitled to opinion but yours made me LOL

gjrc · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:33

as above:

Complete loose-stool-water. Arse-gravy of the very worst kind

E1T5Y · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:35

gjrc said:
as above:

LOL so i assume nobody as hear of "The hand of mysteries" then?

LOL

malfunkshun · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:38

E1T5Y said:
- Well so far, other than the story line, all references have come up as true.
I know we all entitled to opinion but yours made me LOL

Now, Susan, don't go telling me that you believe everything you read on the internet!?

Seriously though, just because there is mention of something online doesn't make it fact.
I am sure the book has a very vague hint of truth about it, which is why it sells so well.

E1T5Y · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:46

malfunkshun said:
Seriously though, just because there is mention of something online doesn't make it fact.
I am sure the book has a very vague hint of truth about it, which is why it sells so well.

Completely agree, however, i have established the particular things that i have looked up to be true

Im intrigued is all

Abraham · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:48

E1T5Y said:
- "Talentless" does not make you a millionaire and a top selling Author. Thats like saying Tiger Woods is rubbish at Golf ! ha ha ha

Being a top selling author despite sensible conclusion does not make you a talented author. I would say he was talented at weaving a story from some conspiracy theories and a little bit of history, but he is truely terrible at conveying that in the written word.

Greebo · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:50

Abraham said:
Being a top selling author despite sensible conclusion does not make you a talented author. I would say he was talented at weaving a story from some conspiracy theories and a little bit of history, but he is truely terrible at conveying that in the written word.

Although I agree, you cannot claim that he is talentless which is what I am defending.

malfunkshun · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:52

E1T5Y said:
Completely agree, however, i have established the particular things that i have looked up to be true

Im intrigued is all

Fine assuming this is the case, you have to look at them in their original context and not within the context of said book.

HeX · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:53

Casdawer said:
I love all of Dan Brown's books and they make very good films!

Have to disagree.

While the books do make a fun read, the film adaptations are truly terrible in every possible way. They hack great chunks out of the narrative, rearrange characters and plot points, and generally have nothing to do with the books bar the title.

To those that boo boo his books, they are just easy read fiction, and while not the mega literary masterpieces the media make them out to be, are fun to read imho.

Vampyre · 2 Nov 2009 at 12:54

E1T5Y said:
- "Talentless" does not make you a millionaire

Try telling that to Jordan!

If it's in a Dan Brown book then he probably pinched it from someone else so the info must be out there somewhere.

I enjoyed Da Vinci code even though he ripped the storyline from The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail (even get some of his characters names from it!) but once you read more than one Dan Brown book the formula stands out a mile. I swear every single book has the same plot just different characters and settings.

The hand of the mysteries.......

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