Today, a new Dan Brown novel is being unleashed upon an unsuspecting public.
It's called something. It's more than 500 pages long. And if past history is any indication, it's horribly written. Stilted dialogue. Predictable plot twists. Severe foreshadowing abuse.
This one has something to do with the Masons. Yes, those guys in the funny hats who have pancake breakfasts apparently run the world and have guided history since mankind climbed from the primordial ooze.
I don't get it. I read "The Da Vinci Code" and hated it. Hated it with a passion seldom reserved for books of this ilk. It just irritated me. Theology aside, I thought it was just horribly written.
And sold something like a gazillion copies.
So what do I know?
Anyway, Slate magazine has posted a Dan Brown plot generator. Enter a city and an organization and the computer does the rest. Check it out here.
I was able to come up with "The Sacred Enigma," summarized thusly:
"A long-forgotten labyrinth deep beneath the streets of Philadelphia.
"A nefarious cult determined to protect it.
"A white-knuckled race to uncover the United States Postal Service's darkest secret."
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