Posted in Interviews on 11/04/2009 08:15 am by joetru
Dan Brown sits with NBC for a rare interview where he talks about the Freemasons, Noetic science and whether normal people can become gods or not as well as other topics related to his latest novel.
This 5 part interview was shot last November and it became the latest Twitter entry that Dan Brown wrote in the twitter page dedicated to The Lost Symbol.
Take a look at this interview for the latest revelations about the novel.
Dan Brown: The Secrets of The Lost Symbol Interview Part 1
Dan Brown: The Secrets of The Lost Symbol Interview Part 2
Dan Brown: The Secrets of The Lost Symbol Interview Part 3
Dan Brown: The Secrets of The Lost Symbol Interview Part 4
Dan Brown: The Secrets of The Lost Symbol Interview Part 5
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Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
One week after Dan Brown’s latest novelThe Lost Symbol has been published and the book is already breaking records around the world as the fastest selling adult novel ever.
UK, The States and Canada together have helped set a new record for an adult novel, more than 1 million sales in it’s various formats including hard cover, audio books and ebooks make Dan Brow the most profitable adult fiction author in the world.
After more than six years waiting for a sequel to The Da Vinci Code, people were ready for the next Robert Langdom adventure, a modern Indiana Jones that has had to decipher games in Paris, London and Rome in the previous novels.
This time it was Washington DC’s famous landmarks and Masonic society which serve as the key elements to Langdom latest adventure.
More than 1 million copies in 1 day and more than half a million copies in the UK alone in the first week. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Waterstone’s and Borders all confirm that the sales of the novel where beyond expectations and that it has fit well with the public expectations, Mouth to mouth has been Dan Brown’s key to success in the past and even though this novel’s sales are following a different pattern from Dan Brown’s previous novels, sales are expected to increase in the next days after the first readers finish the book and pass their impressions to their friends and family.
So far this novel has earned the author and his publishers £4,6 in the UK alone, where you can buy Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol for £7 online
One of the reasons why this novel is selling so fast is the need for an escapism for people in this times of economic doom and gloom, people need to feel engaged to stories that will allow them to forget about their financial problems and one thing that Mr Brown does well is to entertain people with his stories of shady societies that overpower governments and international organizations and that hide under a myriad of symbols and mythology.
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Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
Both Rome and Paris received an avalanche of visitors that were searching for the landmarks described in Dan brown’s books “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons” and Whasington DC is ready to receive its share of visitors caused by the publication of Dan Brown’s new novel “The Lost Symbol” which revolves around some of the most emblematic Washington DC monuments.
Being one of the best selling authors of the latest years means that as the King Midas everything Dan Brown seems to touch or talk about turns into gold and many jump on the wagon of his novels to monetize on them.
Many have already read “The Lost Symbol” and it’s already being described as “Entertaining page turner” which is what the author aims to.
Get Dan Brown's best works here
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
The cover of Dan Brown’s latest novel to be released on September 15th. has just been unveiled.
This novel is one of the best guarded secrets with myriads of speculations going around the web, the truth is that nobody except Dan Brown and his publishing company know what the story is about.
What we know for sure is that Robert Langdom will again be the main Character and that the whole story will span in about 12 hours of his life in Washington D.C. and we know that because Dan Brown himself has confirmed it, the rest of the stories that go around the web are pure speculation.
As you can see both covers feature the Capitol and while the American version features a wax seal the English version features a Freemasons key on fire, all these are clues to the storyline of the book, so go ahead and guess the storyline of the Lost Symbol, what do you think these cover mean?
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Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
The Lost Symbol by Down Brown has it’s own Twitter page
The page that started on June 23rd. with the enigma:
Codes of ethics? T 10 C; 6 P O T SOD; 12 S O T Z
Is being updated almost everyday with new puzzles that may reveal some clues about the plot of Dan Brown’s new book, “The Lost Symbol”.
The book will be released on September 15th. and it will be about a new adventure that will catch Robert Langdom in a whirlwind of crime and enigmas in a time span of 12 hours.
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Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
Tom Hanks aka Robert Langdom is very excited about the new installment of the handsome faculty professor adventures, he says he can’t wait to read the new adventure of the character he has played twice in the two Blockbusters “The DaVinci Code” and “Angels & Demons”.
Hanks who was attending the Japanese premiere of Angels & Demons commented on his expectations for the new book The Lost Symbol where he expects to reprise his role as Robert Langdon when the movie is released.
Up until now the Vatican has condemned both movies based on the adventurous character because it considered both the books and the movies as a serious offense to the institution and to God.
According to the Vatican, the dismissal of the movies by them is only a publicity stunt by director Ron Howard to get more press coverage on the movie.
Some sources close to the Vatican define the movie as “innocuous entertainment which hardly affects the genius and mystery of Christianity” and another one “modest quality that was saved only by the presence of Tom Hanks”.
Get Dan Brown's best works here
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
Dan Brown’s latest novel The Lost Symbol is ready to preorder already on Amazon for £9.49, a price that surely will go up once the publishing date gets closer.
Order it now and Amazon will guarantee you the price of £9.49 even if the official price goes up, that’s even cheaper than the price of the book in the American version of Amazon.
This is Dan Brown’s latest book about the adventures of Robert Lagdom , according to Dan Brown’s publishers:
The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK’s biggest selling paperback novel of all time, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.
This book’s narrative takes place in a 12-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.
Then they go on to explain Dan Brown’s impressions on writing the book:
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 novel has been a strange and wonderful journey’, says Dan Brown himself. ‘Weaving five years of research into the story’s 12-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine’.
A promissing novel that for sure will catch the attention af Dan Brown’s fans and will probably earn him a few more.
Robert Langdom is the main character in two other Dan Brown novels: The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
Producers of the soon to be released movie Angels & Demons found themselves with a big setback when they were ready to start shooting the movie. The Vatican not only forbid the move to be shot within the vatican city but ban movie producers from shooting in any other church or exterior of a church. According to Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, head of the Vatican’s Prefecture for Economic Affairs, he said that Brown’s books were blasphemous and “turned the Gospels upside down.” while father Marco Fibbi, who is the spokesman for the diocese of Rome, added: “Normally we read the script, but this time it was not necessary. The name Dan Brown was enough.”
In order to overcome this serious difficulty when filming the sequel movie of the prequel book of The DaVinci code the team had to disguise themselves as simple tourists to be able to take photos of the interiors of the Vatican and churches where the novel take place.
Ron Howard, director of both The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons said “We didn’t shoot at the Vatican officially. But cameras can be made really small,” this seems to have infuriated The Vatican representatives who see Dan Brown’s work as blaspemous.
Special eefics supervisor says that in order to overcome the Vatican’s ban a the difficulties that it brought to the production they had to desguise themselves in order to do the photo surveys “The ban on filming put us in serious difficulty because we were not able to carry out the photographic surveys necessary to reconstruct the setting,..So for weeks we sent a team of people who mixed with tourists and took thousands of photos and video footage.”
Angels & Demons is the prequel of the successful film The DaVinci code based on the same book by Dan Bron
Dan Brown’s next book The Lost Symbol will be published later this year after years of delays and changes of title.
Get Dan Brown's best works here
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
The Lost Symbol is the title of Dan Borwn’s latest novel to be published later this year, but a few months ago it was reported that the title was going to be The Solomon Key, whuy this change of mind? The Solomon Key sounds so much more mysterious and attractive than The Lost Symbol.
On the first place, The Solomon Key was only the working title of the book, and we all know how tight secrecy is around Dan Browns work, so the minute the working title was leaked, people began speculating about the contents of the book and mixed news were published misleading the public and creating some sort of turmoil around the novel.
Finally the official publishing date has been released and The Lost Symbol will be here on September the 15th. according to the sources that have actually read the book already, the book takes you on a 12 hour trip that as it’s predecessor will make it hard for you to put down until you finish it.
Get Dan Brown's best works here
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
For sure a collectors item, the first edition of Dan Brown’s new book will fly from the publisher’s warehuse, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Pre orders now accepted at $15,63, just click on the image to go to the pre-order page:
Alternatively you can order Dan Brown’s other books here as well.
The Da Vinci Code
The book that took the world by storm and shook it, one of the all time best sellers all around the world, Dan Brown’s narrative at it’s best.
Angels & Demons
Soon to be a successful movie, the book that started all, the first adventures of Robert Langdon the main character of The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol. For many, his best book so far.
Deception Point
Before Robert Lagndon a thrilling novel that will have you reading non stop until you finish the book, a sure page turner.
Digital Fortress
Brown’s first novel, a solid start for one of the most successful story tellers of our era.
Get Dan Brown's best works here
Even though Dan Brown's success might have seemed unexpected, the truth is that it was the product of years of writing and research building solid and entertaining novels. The Da Vinci Code supposed Dan Brown's breakthrough point into a worldwide unprecedented success.
Pre orders now accepted at $15,63, just click on the image to go to the pre-order page: