About this title: Now available in this premium edition--the book that introduced Dr. Robert Langdon, the hero of Brown's phenomenal bestseller "The Da Vinci Code," just in time for the May premiere of Columbia Pictures' film adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Book is slightly cocked BUT DJ shows only slight shelf wear, pages unmarked. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Edition: First Atria Books
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
Description: Good + No Jacket. Cover has edgewear, light chipping at edge, minor tear at spine edge, light dents at edge-Marks on edge-Few marks on pgs-Special Illustrated Edition-Dogeared RFEP. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 2005-05-03
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780743275064. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
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Description: As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; This copy of Angels & Demons Special Illustrated Version is very special in that it is signed by both the author Dan Brown on a laid in bookplate and the illustrator John Langdon (as you may have noticed the same last name as the book's main character Robert Langdon). John Langdon has also added TWO unusual hand drawn ambigrams to this book exclusively for us. As readers of Angels & Demons know ambigrams play a very important role in the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2005-05-03
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
Description: Fair. PLEASE NOTE: Book contains water damage throughout book. Does not effect reading. This is a used book in good condition with normal wear and tear and may contain some writing, minor shelf wear and creases. Items are uploaded via ISBN and stock photo may be different from actual book cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743275064ISBN:0743275063
Description: Very Good. 0743275063 Pub date: 2005. Condition: Very Good / Very Good. Slight cover and/or page wear. Great used condition. We are a tested and proven company with over 400, 000 satisfied customers since 1997. Choose expedited shipping for much faster delivery. Delivery confir. read more
Description: Good. 0743275063 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. Now available in this premium edition--the book that introduced Dr. Robert Langdon, the hero of Brown's phenomenal bestseller "The Da Vinci Code, " just in time for the May premiere of Columbia Pictures' film adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and sta... read more
"I picked up this book because I wanted some mindless action with a fast-moving plot. This book was exactly the opposite: political, too much dialogue, and slow moving. At first the politics of the book intrigued me because Brown attempts to take on the clash between science and religion, however he seems to be completely ignorant about science and religion in the very ways that feed the clash between them. For example, he talks about cutting edge scientists studying the big bang. (Cutting edge scientists dismissed the big bang as unlikely several years ago.) He presents religious scientists as being motivated only by a desire to prove scientifically that God exists by showing that the big bang and Genesis are consistent. (Not all religious scientists feel the need to prove God exists. Why would any scientist, religious or not, think of the Bible as a scientific text book?) He shows religious people as fairly fanatical. (Which is sometimes the case, but usually not.) At first I thought that this book was going to try to bridge the cultural perceptions that science and religion aren't compatible, but by the end, I think the book only deepened the problem.
Aside from that, the perspective in the book changes between at least 10 different characters who rehash material that has already been covered. It slows the book down whenever it seems to pick up even a little momentum. 150 pages could be cut easily without altering the plot even a little.
Also, the horrific violence in this book, which should be shocking, never really is. I haven't thought about it enough to figure out why that is. Hmmm... poorly described...too many coincidences....overdone...hmm. Something along those lines.
"As soon as I finished Angels & Demons, I started feeling guilty--and a bit two-faced. You see, I've been telling anyone who would listen (my poor husband, mainly), about Dan Brown's atrocious writing style. Nearly every page was riddled with exaggerated descriptions, cartoon-like characterizations, implausibilities (even for a thriller), and just plain clumsiness.
I will admit to turning those pages pretty rapidly--maybe a hundred a day near the end. After all, I had to find out if Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and CERN physicist Vittoria Vetra would find the stolen antimatter hidden deep within the Vatican walls by the defunct-but-seemingly-resurrected religion-hating, science-loving, Freemason-infiltrating Illuminati cult. Was I going to let Mr. Brown's frequent references to his characters "looking" mad, angry, confused, impressed, stupified, insulted, etc. keep me from learning more about an organization to which George H.W. Bush, Galileo, and Cecil Rhodes were supposedly linked? Not on your life. And this does much to explain why Mr. Brown has earned so much money from his novels that he can afford to bail out a hapless financial institution or two. He can tell a story.
Angels & Demons is stitched together with just enough historical and scientific facts to get me to buy its shaky premise and continue reading. (Of course, maybe--probably--I'm just gullible). I am not a theologian, a physicist, an art historian, nor a Harvard "symbologist"--but I kinda like learning about that stuff without having to do any heavy lifting and crack open a Bible or a physics book. Mr. Brown's strange brew of all these disciplines, plus his masterful juggling of characters, plot threads, and time constraints managed to pique my interest. I had to know if Langdon's extensive knowledge of Italian baroque sculpture would save the day.
A & D is a good summer beach read (though it's a rainy Chicago spring). It will redeem itself if I follow through on my vow to become reacquainted with Galileo's travails and to learn more about Bernini, antimatter, and the Freemasons--all through the magic of Wikipedia."
"This Dan Brown thriller kept my attention from the very first chapter. I read Brown's Code and thoroughly enjoyed. After enjoying TDC and seeing the movie trailer for Angels and Demons, I decided to read the book while on my honeymoon - 710 pages in five and a half days. Throughout the read, I often wondered when the story would become dull - and it simply never did. Chapter after chapter, Dan's style of writing (intelligent, visual, and well-researched) kept the pages turning. The intriguing combination of religion, science, secret brotherhoods and politics is keeping me a Dan Brown fan.
If I reach far enough to present a Con, it would be inadequate character development for Ms. Vetra. Ms. Vetra's lack of development coupled with verbosity issues in certain chapters would be my two critiques.
In summary, Angels and Demons did not disappoint after reading the Code (and watching the movie). I'm looking forward to watching the A&D's movie in May - and wishing the release of The Solomon's Key would arrive sooner than later! JP"
"On a quest to save the Vatican in around 24 hours, Robert Langdon, a Harvard Professor, and Vittoria, a physicist, unlock clues to gain ground on the cunning plan of the Illuminati. My conflicts with this book are simple. The implausible was constantly coming to pass during multiple moments of the main plot. A certain weapon was left behind during a pivital scene. The elements of earth, air, fire, and water were not part of Vittoria's common knowledge. The specialties of the main characters were discussed in detail and given in a lengthy lecture-style between characters while antimatter was threatening to blow up the Vatican and cardinals were kidnapped and tortured on the hour. The greatest blunder was the time frame as Robert Langdon only had hours to solve centuries of undisclosed secrets while he was sleep-deprived, escaping life-threatening situations, and traveling across Rome during conclave! I found this book slightly predictable. I was not motivated to turn the page until I was over 250 pages into this novel. The foreshadowing is lazily written and exhausting at times. I found the violence disturbing and the portrayal of women as sexual objects appalling. Angels and Demons was a true disappointment, especially for a best-seller."
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