New Dan Brown Novel out in Sept!

jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
edited September 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Can wait to read the follow up. Here are the details.

BREAKING NEWS:
Dan Brown's new novel
THE LOST SYMBOL
To be published by Doubleday this September
New novel by the author of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" will have a first print run of 5 million copies, the largest first print in Random House, Inc. history
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New York, NY (April 20, 2009) Dan Brown's new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, which was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time with 81 million copies in print worldwide, will be published in the U.S. and Canada by Doubleday on September 15, 2009.

The Lost Symbol will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. The announcement was made today by Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

"This is a great day for readers and booksellers," said Mehta."The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait."

Brown's longtime editor, Jason Kaufman, Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday said, "Nothing ever is as it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. This book's narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, Dan's readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. The Lost Symbol is full of surprises."

"This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey," said Brown. "Weaving five years of research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon's life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."

The audio version of The Lost Symbol will be published in North America in September by Random House Audio.

The Da Vinci Code, published by Doubleday on March 18, 2003, spent 144 weeks on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list, 54 of them at #1—the position at which it debuted. The novel has been translated into 51 languages.

The film of The Da Vinci Code was a #1 box office smash when it was released by Columbia Pictures in May 2006 with Ron Howard directing and Tom Hanks starring as Robert Langdon. Box office receipts were $758 million. The same team will release Angels and Demons theatrically worldwide on May 15, 2009.

Following the publication of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's earlier novels, Digital Fortress, Deception Point and Angels and Demons have all gone on to become multi-million copy international bestsellers.

The Lost Symbol will be published in the U.K. on September 15th by Transworld Publishers, a division of The Random House Group who has published all of Brown's novels.
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  • Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    I've been waiting for this FOREVER!!!

    Looking forward to it.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Oh nice! Can't wait for anther book :mrgreen: I think I could do without Angels and Demons the movie.
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,872
    Very nice to hear. I'm actually finishing up Deception Point right now...its the last Brown book for me to read. Cant wait to read the new on in September.
  • Tom KTom K Posts: 842
    excellent.. his books are so fun to read..
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  • whitepantswhitepants Posts: 727
    I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, can't wait for 'The Lost Code'. I'm glad that millions of people enjoy reading just as much as I do. :mrgreen:
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    excellent news! 8-)
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I kinda enjoyed Da Vinci. But when I went back to read Angels and Demons, I felt like I was reading the same book twice. Then again, I quit after page 80 or so. Maybe i need to give it another chance.
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  • I bet the book is gonna be awful. I remember last I heard about this book was a few years back when it was called "Solomon's Key" or something like that. Dan Brown's gonna be writing with more hype and I bet he changed lots of things in the original copy to try to live up to the expectations his hollywood adaptations have sey for him. But I could be totally wrong and it could be his best book yet :p
  • I read the Lost Symbol this weekend. Great read, not sure how it lives up to, or even out lives "Angel's and Demons" or "The DaVinci Code", but as a stand alone it's pretty good. I"m amazed at how much he fit into it. I figured out one big mystery half way through the book, but it didn't matter, it still didn't ruin it for me. I think it'll make for a great movie, a lot of visual like the other two books. A lot of what is familiar, but not in a familiar way. Dan Brown has to have a phd in history, art, symbology, and religious/secret orders, lol
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  • Gold 26Gold 26 Posts: 676
    The Da Vinci Code was unquestionably the worst book I ever had the misfortune to read. Ever. Like I couldn't actually believe that it had been published.
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  • I read the Lost Symbol this weekend.
    You read a book in a weekend? Holy Shit. I really like to read, and I like the pulpy flash of Dan Brown's stuff but I couldn't hang with a book all weekend even if I was in solitary.
    Dan Brown has to have a phd in history, art, symbology, and religious/secret orders, lol
    I read a book called like "Secrets of the Code", or something like that. It basically ripped apart his work on DVC and discredited every claim he made. It also made reference to him not holding any major degrees other than in art history.
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  • Gold 26 wrote:
    The Da Vinci Code was unquestionably the worst book I ever had the misfortune to read. Ever. Like I couldn't actually believe that it had been published.

    Then you haven't read many books, have you?

    I'm not saying that it's a masterpiece by any means, but it's far from the worst.
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