The Rule Of Four

jono087

Hey anybody heard of/read the book "The Rule Of Four"? Tis unbelieveably good, far better than the Da Vinci Code...

JenLorigan

By who? (I'ma gues Dan Browne since you mentioned The Da Vinci Code, but yeah.)

jono087

actually no...... it's co-written by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason

JenLorigan

Ah, ceart go leor. Haven't read it, what's it about?

jono087

am dunno, not finished yet. tis a lot like the Da Vinci Code, but way better.... it's like the Da Vinci Code fore adults

TalkISCheap

the quote on the back sums it up :-

"The DaVinci Code for people with brains"

jono087

TalkISCheap wrote:

the quote on the back sums it up :-

"The DaVinci Code for people with brains"

i'm finding that to be true...

smiley_knees

Ooh, that book! Picked it up the other day but didn't buy it. With so many different DaVinci codes spoofs out there I try not to read any books that have that title on the book without it actually being the code...
Actually come to think of it, the only reason I read that book was because Brona and Cathlyn loved it so much last year...Will "The Rule of Four' be the new Nerd book of the summer??? We'll find out in two weeks and counting (!!!)

Undergod

"The DaVinci Code for people with brains"

A intelligent dull thriller with a intelligently predictable and formulaic plot with intelligent historically inaccurate informaton and an intelligent poor command of prose?

don't get me started on that book.

jono087

still entertaining though.... granted it's not actually intellectually challenging, but need it be?

Raphael

Yes. If the book is claiming to be for people with brains then it probably should be intellectually challenging.

Stephen Forde

you can really tell that this is a fecking nerd site without some of the attitudes here. A good book is a book which you individually like and not anything thats challenging or fecking has big words that most people never heard of never mind understand!

StupidLikeAFox

/\ true

Same goes for people who go out of there way to find "alternative" music, and completely write off anything which can be deemed popular. WELL DONE, YOU ARE UNIQUE, I STILL DONT CARE. Sorry for that little rant, but there ya go.

Crash

jono087 wrote:

still entertaining though.... granted it's not actually intellectually challenging, but need it be?

Actually what underdog said is fair - Dan browne goes to great lengths to link everything back to the lowest common demoninator, which is a bit irritating the umpteenth time. i mean i dont expect a book to require a huge amount of knowledge going in, but dumbing it down to that extent is ridiculous.

Undergod

Just to clarify, I was ranting about DaVinci code, not Rule of Four. Might try it though.

you can really tell that this is a fecking nerd site without some of the attitudes here. A good book is a book which you individually like and not anything thats challenging or fecking has big words that most people never heard of never mind understand!

Was that aimed at me? I said it's badly written, but the history stuff is fairly interesting and it's a fun read.

LiamD

Raphael wrote:

Yes. If the book is claiming to be for people with brains then it probably should be intellectually challenging.

I think it's aimed at that.

jono087

Stephen Forde wrote:

you can really tell that this is a fecking nerd site without some of the attitudes here. A good book is a book which you individually like and not anything thats challenging or fecking has big words that most people never heard of never mind understand!

I think it might be an indication as to your intellectual standard that you profess all intelligent conversation to be "nerdish"...

LiamD

jono087 wrote:

I think it might be an indication as to your intellectual standard that you profess all intelligent conversation to be "nerdish"...

You're not doing yourself any favours with that comment mate.He never professed all intelligent conversation to be nerdish.He said you can tell it's a nerd site with some of the attitudes here, which frankly I agree with after Raphael's comment.You said the book was entertaining, but not actually intellectually challenging and you asked did it need to be.Raphael then said it did, however Forde backed YOU up by saying it's whatever people like thats important, not how challenging it was.Does that make it a bit clearer for you?

JenLorigan

Now now children, play nice. Jono just wanted to know if anyone'd read the book, let's not have it turn into another pointless argument. The alcohol thread should be enough to tide the forum over on that count for a few months...

ll=llannah

i concur completely with billiam. haven't read the rule of four yet. it's sitting at home waiting for me, tho. i've heard pretty good thngs about it.

Lady penelopy

JenLorigan wrote:

Now now children, play nice. Jono just wanted to know if anyone'd read the book, let's not have it turn into another pointless argument. The alcohol thread should be enough to tide the forum over on that count for a few months...

yup yup. i think people are bored and are poking at any proverbial beehive they can get near with a stick...

...please dont yell at me for that

Raphael

Lady penelopy wrote:

yup yup. i think people are bored and are poking at any proverbial beehive they can get near with a stick...

...please dont yell at me for that

<INSERT RANDOM INCOHERENT SHOUTING>

Oh, and apologies for my last statement. I'd misunderstood the line about "the DaVinci code for clever people", I thought it was a claim the writers were making.

JenLorigan

Why poke at proverbial beehives when you can poke real ones?

Undergod

Proverbial stings are for wussies!

Be a man! SMOKE BEES!

Raphael

I like my coffee like I like my women....COVERED IN BEES!

jono087

Raphael wrote:

I like my coffee like I like my women....COVERED IN BEES!

I'm sure there's a valid enough reason for that...

JenLorigan

...and so, the thread slowly but surely turned into bee appreciation.

Hurrah for bees!

Chowburger

... And this is why I adore CTYI.

Piste

''You could be standing there, and then you realise, I'M COVERED IN BEES!''


Ah good ol' Eddie Izzard.

JenLorigan

Yeah, that happens to me a lot more than you'd think...

Piste

This bee thing is a good reminder that I badly need to get a refill of Anti-histamines for my incect bite allergy thing before ctyi....see? Random topics have their uses....

JenLorigan

*flashback to midterm reunion*
Liz:*bursts out laughing* Ooh, I just remembered I left my anti-histamine in London, if I get stung by a bee I'll die!"
Me:"Uhm... Liz? That's not a good thing."

Good times.

Lady penelopy

*nods sagely*

Piste

Ah yes, that wasn't good. At least I didn't get stung! I'm pretty sure I wont die, but still, it's good to have on me just in case

Undergod

What happens if you give the anti-histamines to bees?

doonothing

*mind boggles*

JenLorigan

Seems like it'd neutralise their sting... Having thought about it for all of ten seconds, then getting distracted by something shiny.

Chowburger

I'd just like to see someone trying to feed a bee an antihistamine...

(I have an urge to burst into Eric the Half-a-Bee now.)

Piste

A diddle-dee-dum, a diddle dee-dee, Eric the Half a bee.....

jono087

we should probably only administer him with a half dose.....

Undergod

Nothing succeeds like excess.


<Half-a-bee explodes>

JenLorigan

:eek:

Not Eric! He was the most talented one!

Lady penelopy

who is this half-a-bee of which you all speak? he sounds hilarious.

Chowburger

He is Eric the half-a-bee, who John Cleese once loved carnally, apparently.

Lady penelopy

thank you. i feel enlightened.

Undergod

I'm sure.

Plunky

...Cyril Connolly?

JenLorigan

No, semi-carnally.

Piste

A one... two-- A one... two... three... four...
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?

Singing...

La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.

Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!

Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.

I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.
The end.

Cyril Connelly?
No; semi-carnally!
Oh.

Cyril Connelly.
[whistling]





And there was much rejoicing.

JenLorigan

Attagirl. *pats curly little head*

cee_jay

jono087 wrote:

Hey anybody heard of/read the book "The Rule Of Four"? Tis unbelieveably good, far better than the Da Vinci Code...

Read it and hated it!
Thought the characters were very wooden - as in the dialogue between them was so unbelievable - and found it very hard to connect with any of them
The story moved too slow, took so long to actually get anywhere! There was no suspense and was so long-winded!
Stuck it out to the end hoping for some amazing plot twist - and I was bitterly disappointed!
Don't know how they could even compare it to The Da Vinci Code!

Saying that - my brother gave it to me and he thought it was brilliant???
Maybe its just a guy thing?