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Friday, February 1, 2008
Let’s pitch in and help Dan Brown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, the new Dan Brown novel once was due out in 2005. That year came and went, as did 2006, as did 2007. It’s now 2008, and no Brown book. His agent isn’t saying what’s what, his publisher is being coy, and Brown isn’t even available enough to issue a “no comment.”
This matters, of course, because Brown’s last book was “The DaVinci Code,” a badly written but ultimately fairly interesting thriller that seemed to tap into something much deeper than the usual airport bookstore paperback. His mishmash of real history, made-up history and tinfoil-hat conspiracies linking Mary Magdalene and I.M. Pei was just what a gazillion people wanted.
It was the biggest novel of the last 10 years that didn’t start with “Harry.”
But “DVC” came out in 2003. Brown had been a pretty steady author, bringing out four books in five years.
Supposedly, Brown’s next novel is called “The Solomon Key” and is about the Freemasons and U.S. history. But who knows? Maybe it isn’t. Maybe Brown has been kidnapped by an albino hit man who is being controlled by an evil Catholic cardinal. It could happen.
Anyway, this cannot continue. We have to band together and help Dan Brown. Maybe he has writer’s block. Maybe he needs ideas.
Our contest is to come up with what Dan Brown’s next book should be. Post a title, a pitch, an idea, a rant, whatever. Extra points for funny.
We’ll keep it open till next Tuesday, Feb. 5, and then I’ll just pick the funniest winner and find a cool book to send them.
Come on, Dan Brown is counting on us. What should his next book be?
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