Does anyone have any info on Dan Brown?

SoulandForm

I know about how the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail were fed a trail of false information by a secret society in France and I know how Dan Brown basically stole a lot of their writing for his books however I am wondering does anyone have any information on Dan Brown himself. He seems a propagandist for the Freemasons.

Torakx

Thats a good topic for discussion and research.
I had the same feeling myself.
I figured he was the means to make the secret societies interesting to the general public and accesible to a "degree". lol

gnfnrhead

He's a ficton writer. He gets paid to make interesting stuff up. None of his books are factual (I believe he even states as much at the beginning of them), they are all based on myth and imagination.

As fun as they are to read, it's all made up.

SoulandForm

Duh! What an extremely silly comment on your part.

Of course we realize that he writes fiction- but the idea that people dont use fiction to get opinions, beliefs and feelings about the real world across is absurd.

Dan Brown clearly uses fiction for a purpose.

SoulandForm

SoulandForm wrote: »

Dan Brown clearly uses fiction for a purpose.

To make money?

What makes you think that he has another purpose? And what would that purpose be?

TaosHum

King Mob wrote: »

To make money?

That's it for me. Brown at some point realised there was a market out there for writing about secret societies and "esoteric" information.

Also by using historic locations and people as the platform for his fiction, he was attempting to sell the idea that most of what he wrote in the novel was actually based on truth.

SoulandForm

TaosHum wrote: »

Also by using historic locations and people as the platform for his fiction, he was attempting to sell the idea that most of what he wrote in the novel was actually based on truth.

That is one of the annoying things about him. He uses real names and historical events, organizations, beliefs, etc and than distorts them. His use of the Gospel of Philip is a classical example of that.

Jonny7

SoulandForm wrote: »

THe uses real names and historical events, organizations, beliefs, etc and than distorts them.

Most fiction writers do this.

evolving_doors

SoulandForm wrote: »

I know about how the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail were fed a trail of false information by a secret society in France.

Funnily enough I think the baldy guy in france who had that document with the list of famous members in the prior de sion ( or something like that!) confessed that he made it all up before he died...same as those two crop circles guys...

Torakx

What might be a good starting point, is looking at the books he had published before that series took off.
If he is pretty much unknown and then suddenly some company publishes his book and its a block buster movie, I would be very curious about that.

If he was already popular and this series made him reach the next level then it may just be exploitation of cultural taboos and myths.

My question was always why him?
Im sure any writer could write that series, because its pretty standard stuff.

Of course, somebody had to hit it big with that topic.
Just curious why he beat all the rest to the mainstream finish line.