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Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
Bilbao, Spain
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcementthe unveiling of a discovery that will change the face of science forever. The evenings host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdons first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirschs precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirschs secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spains Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirschs shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Origin is stunningly inventiveDan Brown's most brilliant and entertaining novel to date.… (more)
Heerlijke guilty pleasure. Zoals de andere Langdon boeken een soort van combinatie van inzichten in wetenschap, symboliek, religie verpakt in een spannende reisgids. Om de pagina Wikipedia na slaan om de feiten te checken. Nee, het is geen hoogstaande literatuur, maar ik vind het een plezier 💙
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Heerlijke guilty pleasure. Zoals de andere Langdon boeken een soort van combinatie van inzichten in wetenschap, symboliek, religie verpakt in een spannende reisgids. Om de pagina Wikipedia na slaan om de feiten te checken. Nee, het is geen hoogstaande literatuur, maar ik vind het een plezier ( )
I'm going to preface this with saying I usually love Dan Brown's book (Digital Fortress will probably always be my favorite), but this one? I didn't like it at all. I didn't like the pacing, the writing style, or the characterization. The plot twist was kind of cool, but it wasn't enough to redeem the book for me. I don't know, guys. I just couldn't get on the bandwagon for this one, though if you've read the other Robert Langdon books like I have you'll want to follow his latest adventure -- go for it. Perhaps you'll like it more than me. ( )
"Dialogue is always more important than consensus." As with the other of Brown's novels, Origin demands of the reader an ability to keep pace with the action and on-going challanges to decipher and incorporate a deep and wide array of information. I found myself "fact-checking" a number of locations, statements, and pieces of historical trivia... all checked out ok. Brown remains a fount of well-rounded fictionalized reality.
Merged review:
"Dialogue is always more important than consensus." As with the other of Brown's novels, Origin demands of the reader an ability to keep pace with the action and on-going challanges to decipher and incorporate a deep and wide array of information. I found myself "fact-checking" a number of locations, statements, and pieces of historical trivia... all checked out ok. Brown remains a fount of well-rounded fictionalized reality. ( )
Think I have read all of Dan Brown’s books...and when all the fuss with The DaVinci Code came out I remember looking for some of his other work. His writing isn’t brilliant...his FACTS! pages at the start of each of the Robert Langdon books is questionable at best but what he can do is write a page turner...a fiction that although dense can be entertaining. He does like to say in a page what could be explained in a sentence but some writers are like that.
I say this as a preface to the worst novel he has yet written. The supposition being that mankind is about to be replaced by a new race...I know...I mean...seriously ? I know what he was trying to do but it is so contrived...so far out there it is more science fantasy that even science fiction.
I finished it...eventually but...think it is time for Mr Langdon to retire...little wonder as the FACTS ! just get weirder and weirder. An entertaining read until the ‘big’ reveal but...no...just...no...next ( )
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
Dedication
In Memory of My Mother
First words
As the ancient cogwheel train clawed its way up the dizzying incline, Edmond Kirsch surveyed the jagged mountaintop above him.
Quotations
Last words
In that same instant, Langdon felt the tiniest of tremors in the earth beneath him, as if a tipping point had been reached...as if religious thought had just traversed the farthest reaches of its orbit and was now circling back, wearied from its long journey, and finally coming home.
Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
Bilbao, Spain
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcementthe unveiling of a discovery that will change the face of science forever. The evenings host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdons first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirschs precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirschs secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spains Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirschs shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Origin is stunningly inventiveDan Brown's most brilliant and entertaining novel to date.
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Harvardský ikonograf profesor Robert Langdon príde do Guggenheimovho múzea moderného umenia v Bilbau, aby sa zúčastnil na odhalení objavu, ktorý „naveky zmení tvár vedy“. Podujatie usporiadal štyridsaťročný miliardár a futurista Edmond Kirsch, ktorý sa vďaka svojim ohurujúcim ultramoderným vynálezom a odvážnym predpovediam preslávil po celom svete. Kirsch, ktorý pred dvoma desaťročiami patril k prvým Langdonovým študentom na Harvarde, sa chystá zverejniť prelomový vedecký objav, ktorý zodpovie dve zo základných otázok ľudskej existencie. Langdona a stovky hostí uchváti originálna prezentácia, oveľa kontroverznejšia, ako Langdon čakal. Dokonale zorganizovaný večer sa však v okamihu zmení na chaos a hrozí, že Kirschov vzácny objav sa navždy stratí. Langdon sa ocitne v bezprostrednom ohrození a musí z Bilbaa utiecť. Sprevádza ho Ambra Vidalová, elegantná riaditeľka múzea, ktorá Kirschovi pomohla provokatívny večer pripraviť. Vydajú sa do Barcelony, aby našli záhadné heslo, ktorým odhalia Kirschovo tajomstvo. Pri pátraní v temných vodách utajených dejín a radikálneho náboženstva sa Langdon s Vidalovou musia skrývať pred nepriateľom, ktorého všadeprítomná moc zjavne pramení v španielskom kráľovskom paláci a ktorý sa nezastaví pred ničím, aby Edmonda Kirscha umlčal. Na ceste vyznačenej moderným umením a tajuplnými symbolmi odhalia Langdon a Vidalová stopy, ktoré ich nakoniec dovedú až ku Kirschovmu nečakanému objavu... a šokujúcej pravde, čo nám tak dlho unikala.
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Heerlijke guilty pleasure. Zoals de andere Langdon boeken een soort van combinatie van inzichten in wetenschap, symboliek, religie verpakt in een spannende reisgids. Om de pagina Wikipedia na slaan om de feiten te checken. Nee, het is geen hoogstaande literatuur, maar ik vind het een plezier (