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| Forsythia 2011 |
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A few days ago I finished reading The da Vinci Code; the movie is better than the book. The biggest plot difference between them is when they find out that Sophie is the descendant of Jesus Christ and how they come to realize the Rosslyn Chapel was where the Priory of Sion had housed the remains of Mary Magdalene, supposed wife of Jesus and mother of his child. However, The Lost Symbol is still the best of the three Dan Brown books that I’ve read.
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I am now attempting to read Executive Orders by Tom Clancy. For his reputation as a top novel writer, I find this particular tale to be boring after reading the first 100 pages. Apparently I was supposed to read a previous novel of his before reading this one which makes sense in these days of one-track-minded serial novel writing. I haven’t read anything written by Mr. Clancy, and will most likely not finish this one. It is a huge book of 1179 pages, and seems to have a decent plot but it is taking the author too long to build into any action whatsoever. Several of his books have been made into movies and maybe this one has also; if so, I don’t care to see it. However, I did like the movie version of The Hunt For Red October.
Supposedly, Japan has attacked the United States and been thoroughly whipped by America. In this book, the US has again been attacked by a Japanese jet liner crashing into the Capitol building while the entire government was present for a presidential speech. The terrorist act killed the president, virtually all of his cabinet, and all members of congress who were present. It is left to the vice-president—whom was reluctantly sworn into that office just shortly before the crash—to become president and find out what happened and to lead the nation back from the disaster.
Another thing; the book skips around helter-skelter to people all over the globe. I suppose Mr. Clancy will tie them all together at some point, but I feel that by the time he does so, I will have forgotten who they were. I am going to read a few more pages and see if anything begins moving, but I am not going to put up with much more of the lengthy descriptions which are of relatively little value.*
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Just in case I have to throw up the white flag of surrender on Mr. Clancy’s book, I downloaded Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? written by Phillip K. Dick. You may have seen the movie made from this story, Blade Runner, which starred Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. In my opinion, it is one of the best ever sci-fi flicks.
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*Another thing I don’t like about Executive Orders is the dedication. Mr Clancy dedicated it to President Reagan whom he claims “won the war”, referring I suppose to the Cold War with the Soviets. Reagan did play a major role in undermining the Soviet stranglehold on Eastern Europe, but he did not act alone. I give Secretary Gorbachev as much credit as I do Reagan. In fact, Reagan only played the hand that Gorbachev dealt him, but he played it well and with a poker face. Besides, Gorbachev’s wife Raisa was pretty and sexy.
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Have a great Wednesday, a day which celebrates the messenger god, Mercury.
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