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Loading... Digital Fortressby Dan Brown
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Awful. (  ) mcandre | Nov 1, 2009 |  Clearly Dan Brown uses the same formula for this book as for Da Vinci Code. What is there to say, written for an audience who likes quick actions, with shallow characters, and, again for someone who has read the Da Vinci Code a plot so predictable the only reason I finished this book was because I was on a bus and had nothing else to read. ( ) Bookoholic73 | Oct 31, 2009 | I thoroughly enjoy Dan Brown's style of writing. This book was hard to put down. Just when you thought you had something figured out, a new surprise was around the corner. It was as gorey or graphic as the DaVinci Code or Angels and Demons, so it was more to my liking. :) (  ) bugeyzz23 | Oct 21, 2009 | Dan Brown is a master storyteller, exciting plot, fast-paced, and suspenseful with the formulaic twists and turns. This guy is just so into codes and it's very interesting. (  ) yurioujo | Oct 11, 2009 | Enjoyable and fun read. ( ) AdorableArlene | Oct 1, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0312995423, Mass Market Paperback)In most thrillers, "hardware" consists of big guns, airplanes, military vehicles, and weapons that make things explode. Dan Brown has written a thriller for those of us who like our hardware with disc drives and who rate our heroes by big brainpower rather than big firepower. It's an Internet user's spy novel where the good guys and bad guys struggle over secrets somewhat more intellectual than just where the secret formula is hidden--they have to gain understanding of what the secret formula actually is.In this case, the secret formula is a new means of encryption, capable of changing the balance of international power. Part of the fun is that the book takes the reader along into an understanding of encryption technologies. You'll find yourself better understanding the political battles over such real-life technologies as the Clipper Chip and PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) software even though the book looks at the issues through the eyes of fiction. Although there's enough globehopping in this book for James Bond, the real battleground is cyberspace, because that's where the "bomb" (or rather, the new encryption algorithm) will explode. Yes, there are a few flaws in the plot if you look too closely, but the cleverness and the sheer fun of it all more than make up for them. There are enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and a lot of high, gee-whiz-level information about encryption, code breaking, and the role they play in international politics. Set aside the whole afternoon and evening for it and have finger food on hand for supper--you may want to read this one straight through. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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