The Solomon Key and Beyond: Unauthorized Dan Brown News

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Through the magic of print-on-demand technology, this “nimble” guide to the works of best-selling author Dan Brown provides the latest news about the author and his works, updated whenever there are significant developments. Unlike a conventional book, for which editions are printed in quantity every couple of years, this “living book” goes through frequent “mini-editions” and is printed fresh whenever customers place an order.

The Unauthorized Dan Brown Update includes information about Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, The Da Vinci Code (book and movie), and The Solomon Key. It’s a “mini” book in the sense that it is fairly thin–~80 pages to start with, although it will grow over time. It’s a “meta” book in the sense that it complements, without trying to replace, the many worthy books that are already available about The Da Vinci Code. This Update is unique in that it provides a “nimble,” timely report on all of Dan Brown’s activities, including everything that is known about The Solomon Key, “The Da Vinci Code” movie, and beyond. The Update gathers, analyzes, and synthesizes the best information that is publicly available about Dan Brown and his work.

Read this book if …

• You like to stay up to date on favorite authors such as Dan Brown.
• You enjoyed Dan Brown’s books, including The Da Vinci Code.
• You want a guide to the best books and websites about Dan Brown and his works.
• You want to know about The Solomon Key.
• You want to know about the Tom Hanks/Ron Howard movie version of The Da Vinci Code.

Don’t bother if …

• You think Dan Brown is a hack.
• You want to read a 500-page treatise about early Gnostic history.
• You want to read a detailed 500-page refutation of everything that is incorrect about The Da Vinci Code.
• You are a highly literal-minded fundamentalist Christian.
• You are a highly un-literal-minded New Age mystic.

This Update is for book fans who think Dan Brown can tell a good story, not for zealots (of any persuasion) who never read fiction.

What this mini-book contains

• What to know (my two cents) if you missed Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, or Deception Point.
• Pointers to good books and articles about Dan Brown’s previous works, including The Da Vinci Code.
• The latest news about movies based on Dan Brown’s books.
• Careful summary, attribution, and evaluation of all the published news about The Solomon Key.

What this mini-book does not contain

• Detailed factual, artistic, historic, theological, religious, and symbological analysis of The Da Vinci Code or any of Brown’s other previous works.

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Author’s comments

I decided to write this book when I finally read and enjoyed The Da Vinci Code in late 2004. I had studiously avoided the massive bestseller because I had read and been unimpressed by Brown’s first book, Digital Fortress. Frankly, I thought DF was pretty dumb and clanky … but Da Vinci was clearly a much better book, with high idea density and dozens of intricately plotted puzzles. I was amazed by the improvement between his first book and his fourth. He’s a young guy, and it looks like it will be worthwhile to track his work for a long time to come.

I learned a lot of fascinating things in the course of my research. Here are some of the discoveries you will share when you accompany me on this journey.

• Brown had a significant career as a singer/songwriter.
• He wrote a “self-help” book for women before he ever became a novelist.
• He wrote a great on-line list of 7 tips to selling a novel–and it is available free on-line.
• He has outlines for twelve (12) future Robert Langdon novels.
• The Solomon Key may be tied to an ancient Masonic phrase, “Is there no hope for the widow’s son?”
• His literary career at this point (book #5) is running ahead of the authors he considers his role models.
• Why Ron Howard cast Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon.