<story><title>Don’t Make Fun of Renowned Dan Brown (2013)</title><url>https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>NiagaraThistle</author><text>I love Dan Brown&amp;#x27;s books. Maybe critics don&amp;#x27;t like him for his formulaic writing - copying the plot over and over after Angels &amp;amp; Demons. But IT WORKS. And it is HIGHLY engaging and moves the reader through the book at breakneck speed just like the action in the books. Plus Even when you know the formula of his books, the twists and turns and gotchas turn out to be great. Plus the stories have amazing real world location and art references and descriptions and for anyone that has been or plans to go to the places in Brown&amp;#x27;s books, he makes these places really come alive and you actually appreciate more of the acrchitecture and art of the setting if you do visit if you knew little about either previously.&lt;p&gt;And he adds just enough real history intertwined with his pseudo-history to make the books super interesting, and even give the curious reader a springboard to dive deeper into the questions his books raise for Mr. Langdon.&lt;p&gt;Oh and then there&amp;#x27;s the worldwide sales and financial success he has achieved from his books...</text></comment>
<story><title>Don’t Make Fun of Renowned Dan Brown (2013)</title><url>https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dgreensp</author><text>Related: Slender Yellow Fruit Syndrome (when a writer doesn’t want to repeat a word like “banana” and so writes something like, “He peeled the slender yellow fruit.”)&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.teflspin.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;technical-writing-and-slender-yellow.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.teflspin.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;technical-writing-and-slende...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think send-ups like this are great.  Love it.</text></comment>