You got me Khawa i just ordered it.
Now that you kids have read this...time to read another "the Rule of Four" by Caldwell adn Brown. I found this one even richer in knowledge
I read DaVinci Code last year -- just finished Dan Brown's earlier book, Angels and Demons. Still feeling the afterglow. Just as good as DaVinci Code, I think. Similar style -- this one more focused on the tensions between science adn religion. Read it!
Now!
i ordered it on amazon a ferw days bak, cant wait to read it.
I will be reading it soon, I suppose it will be my first book.
a good read indeed :k: any views about Digital fortress??
Can't wait for the movie...
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2004 - Tom Hanks has been pegged to play the lead role in Sony's upcoming film "The Da Vinci Code," the adaptation of author Dan Brown's best-selling thriller, Newsweek has learned. Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer, the duo who helped make Hanks a star with their 1984 comedy "Splash" and rehired him 11 years later for "Apollo 13," cast Hanks as the globe-trotting scholar Robert Langdon, a decision based partially on the cerebral (riddle-solving, code-cracking) nature of the action in "Da Vinci," Newsweek reports in the November 22 issue (on newsstands Monday, November 15, 2004).
"Tom is an exciting actor to watch thinking," Howard tells General Editor Devin Gordon.
"We probably don't need his status from a box-office standpoint" -- by now, 'The Da Vinci Code' sells itself -- "but he gives Langdon instant legitimacy."
Howard and Grazer are taking their time casting "Da Vinci," but plan to hire actual foreign actors to play the book's foreign characters. "If there's any book that's supposed to be an international thriller, says Grazer, "this is it." Grazer tells Newsweek that one recent Oscar winner inquired about the role of Parisian cryptologist Sophie Neveu, "and she could easily do it. But I think the audience would be let down a bit. They expect a French girl." As for the role of bullish cop Bezu Fache, Gordon reports that Jean Reno is on Grazer's short list.
Grazer first got wind of "The Da Vinci Code" early in 2003, when Joel Surnow -- creator of the acclaimed TV series "24" -- thought "Da Vinci" would make a terrific story line for the show's third season. Surnow asked his boss, Grazer, to look into acquiring the rights, Newsweek reports. But as Brown had no intention of handing over his book to a mere TV show, Grazer says that "it quickly became clear that we had no chance." A few months later Sony paid $6 million for the movie rights -- and hired Grazer as the producer for the biggest film adaptation since "Harry Potter."
The 53-year-old Grazer, who also paired with Howard on the Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind," has several upcoming projects on his slate, including an animated "Curious George" film with Will Ferrell and "Fun with Dick and Jane" starring Jim Carrey. Grazer is also producing a documentary about the notorious skinflick "Deep Throat," Gordon reports. Due out in February, it may be the first NC-17 movie released by a major studio in years.
Not upto the calibre of Davinci Code but not a bad time pass at all.
I keeping telling everyone in my life to read this book and they wont listen to me!!
i had to re-read certain chapters just to make sure the guy was making sense with all the wierdo codes..
i thought the ending was kinda lame...the whole lost family thing was too filmi
I'll make it my next read. I went out and brought it as well as Angels and Demons...still trudging through Brick Lane though..
Great book. I loved it.
But I was wondering if someone has written same kinda Blasphemy book on Islam than how muslim world would have reacted. I know there were some voices raised againts Brown from Conservative Christian groups but compare it to what people try to do to Rushdie ,then you will see nothing really happened to Brown.
I hope we learn from this and be more tolerant to other point of views.
I read this book over the summer; for like a month or so i was like so amazed and into it. I even researched the facts like all over the place and found them true. Although, it seems that no one i know wants to even try taking this book seriously, they tend to seem it full of lies, etc. I know that I go to a catholic school, but still, there should be some open-minded ness. Most people i talked to hadn't even read the book and were saying all sorts of thing about it like anti-christ, etc. THe church even came out with an entire book that degrades all the facts in the book, although i thought it didn't really cover anything. All that shows to me is that the church is scared of the influence of that book.
Re: the Da Vinci Code
The most amazing thing that they (christian; catholics to be precise) did not bring up the idea that this book is a jewish conspiracy against their religion. Tell us a lot about state of evolution of these organised religons.
The documentary looks deeply into the (perpetuated) secrets of this book
Beyond the Da Vinci Code (1 of 6)
i still got to read the this book for my coursework
but i dont want to
its big fat uqly book 
Re: the Da Vinci Code
ppl its just a book get over it!!!
anyways i liked it very interesting and thrilling
and its a fictional book so no need to whine over it!!