Angels and Demons
[ 2006-04-10 11:06 ]
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中文譯名: 《天使與魔鬼》
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
ISBN: 0671027360
List Price: 75 RMB
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It takes guts to write a novel that combines an
ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche
Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the
Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets
that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful
Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It
takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan
Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels &
Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of
a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto
Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard
symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary
secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to
promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of
Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist
Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery,
antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has
disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of
the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter
and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following
a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of
civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls
in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong
into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might
wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less
bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and
science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers
should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a
heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's
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