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I've recently read both The da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons. A&D was good, but nothing compared to the code...it is obvious in the writing that Mr. Brown matured much as a writer between the books.
I truly loved the da Vinci code. I am infatuated with the Fibonacci sequence and Phi (which I too pronounce Fee...maybe it's a math thing). Also, I knew about the connection between Sangreal....although I was a little off because I had thought (without ever having done the research) that Sang Real was Blood of Christ....my AP English teacher was a bit off. It was neat though because by knowing that I predicted where the book was going to go, because there was quite a bit of time between the two revelations. I wish I'd read A&D first.....it'd have been better, but the code just overclouded it. I recognized the fibonacci sequence as I saw it. I don't think it mentioned it, but that number 1.618 is the result of a convergence of the fibonacci sequence. By dividing two consecutive numbers in the fibonacci sequence they approach 1.618 by the property of convergence in that they alternately approach it from above and below....essentially they bounce around it until they get high enough that they essentially equal it. Also most Greek & Roman architecture is built in accordance to it's ratio. Also, by sectioning off a golden rectangle (whose length to side ratio is 1.618) you can create a logarithmic spiral. It's such a fascinating number....to see a writer achknowledge it in any way is a great honor as something of a amateur scholar of the phenom. The bit about the pentagon I didn't know & found very interesting. I considered number theory as a college degree as a result of my likening to the sequence's oddity. I only know the basics, but I'm amazed by it.
So forgive me...I'm drunk...I've been rambling.....my tol is low these days. But the book is great because it's so possible. I remember reading in the last year that there truly has been a lot of speculation about Jesus & Mary Magdeline having been married & there is no question that The Last Supper has a ghostly hand + knife that belongs to no one, a woman who matches Jesus next to him and a very upset prophet next to Mary. Everyone loves a conspiracy.
And in A&D I' love the concept of the antimatter that truly would react with anything to produce the purest form of energy, combining positrons + electrons and neutralizing one another. Crazy stuff. Good stuff. It's late...good night!
Hope all are well,
Cory
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