Don't people read anymore?

[akhilis2cool]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

[The Jackal]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

Reading Devils Alternative right now and after that I will start Avenger.

[akhilis2cool]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

Reading Devils Alternative right now and after that I will start Avenger.

good !

i wish i cld. read them...saaala timeich nai milta

[The Jackal]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

Reading Devils Alternative right now and after that I will start Avenger.

good !
i wish i cld. read them...saaala timeich nai milta

Too bad man.Last month I finished all of Michael Crichtons works,now I am onto Fredrick Forsyth.Once I finish them,I will start on a new author.I already finished Dan Browns books.

[satishgoda]

Lately, I have been reading books on psychology, esp related to design of products and software development.



Those of you interested can read sample articles available at this link:

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[CtrlAltDel]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

Reading Devils Alternative right now and after that I will start Avenger.

good !
i wish i cld. read them...saaala timeich nai milta

Too bad man.Last month I finished all of Michael Crichtons works,now I am onto Fredrick Forsyth.Once I finish them,I will start on a new author.I already finished Dan Browns books.

how r the other books of Dan Brown? tho his Da Vinci Code had a good buildup, the climax was weak n unsatisfactory. i hope his other novels dont end that way.

[The Jackal]

Just finished The Fourth Protocol by Fredrick Forsyth and all I can say is wow!!!!!Fredrick Forsyth is the god of all espionage authors.

Have u read 'The avenger?'

Reading Devils Alternative right now and after that I will start Avenger.

good !
i wish i cld. read them...saaala timeich nai milta

Too bad man.Last month I finished all of Michael Crichtons works,now I am onto Fredrick Forsyth.Once I finish them,I will start on a new author.I already finished Dan Browns books.

how r the other books of Dan Brown? tho his Da Vinci Code had a good buildup, the climax was weak n unsatisfactory. i hope his other novels dont end that way.

Deception Point and Digital FOtress is kinda bad.He cant write a political thriller and an espionage novel.Angels and Demons is just like DVC but more science.

[Lucifer]

Since we are on the subject of Dan Brown, my two cents to it.



I read DVC, and I read Angels and Demons. Both fascinated me for the first one hundred pages. After that, the only thing that got me to read them was because I had to finish them.



The point is that his books are not something that you would appreciate in hindsight, they are not something that you can re-read, hell they are not even something that you could read the first time unless you make a concerted effort. They probably appeal to the junta who is probably just starting out on reading (no offence meant) but I do not think his books would ever be accorded a place within a million moon-distances next to the likes of even Crichton, forget Forsyth and Ludlum.



PS: The point of this post is not to offend Dan Brown fans. It is just to put a view point across.

[CtrlAltDel]

Since we are on the subject of Dan Brown, my two cents to it.

I read DVC, and I read Angels and Demons. Both fascinated me for the first one hundred pages. After that, the only thing that got me to read them was because I had to finish them.

The point is that his books are not something that you would appreciate in hindsight, they are not something that you can re-read, hell they are not even something that you could read the first time unless you make a concerted effort. They probably appeal to the junta who is probably just starting out on reading (no offence meant) but I do not think his books would ever be accorded a place within a million moon-distances next to the likes of even Crichton, forget Forsyth and Ludlum.

PS: The point of this post is not to offend Dan Brown fans. It is just to put a view point across.

i agree with Luci. i feel the only reason why DVC was such a top seller is coz of the contoversial storyline. its just a fairly good one time TP read. dunno how the movie (with Tom hanks) wud turn out.

[rock_26iin]

Fredrick Forsyth = Boredom!

[Ar!e$]

book$....uhmmm nice topic..lucifer..



books i read n liked -



The client-john grisham

Runaway jurry-" "

books by nora roberts.

books by sydney sheldon.

books by julie garwood.



magzines-women'era

india today.young times,seventeen.



newspaper$-dc,the times of india,hindu,khaleej times,arab news,saudi gazzette.

[The Jackal]

Fredrick Forsyth = Boredom!

Well his first 50-70 pages are kinda slow.AFter that it will be an awesome spy thriller.

[CtrlAltDel]

Fredrick Forsyth = Boredom!

BLASPHEMY....!!!!!

[rock_26iin]

Fredrick Forsyth = Boredom!

BLASPHEMY....!!!!!

different folks, different strokes.

[Lucifer]

OK. So, some people don't like Frederick Forsyth here. Fair enough. I shall not go around defending him because he does not need it. He is in a league of his own, and I will leave it at that.



On another tangent, I don't know if we have touched a book called The Great Indian Novel. Has anyone read it? I just love the book. It is by Shashi Tharoor. Agreed, it is a little difficult to read in places but the overall impact is wonderful.

[akhilis2cool]

I am currently reading a book Called 'Bits and Peices - The Lighter Side of Cricket' by C.Venkatesh.



It has some wonderful nuggets abt. Cricket.



Jaiseki...

In 1987 a World Eleven led by Sir Garfield Sobers and Which had players like Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, Greg Chappel, Tony Greg, Andy Roberts, Alan Knot was beaten fair and Square by a USA Eleven in a One Day Match. The match, that was Played on a matting wicket, saw the visitors getting skitteled out for a paltry score of 124 and the Americans romped home for the loss of 3 wickets!

[The Jackal]

Just finished The Avenger----Fredrick Forsyth.Good book but compared to his earlier works,i.e books based during the cold war era,its horrible.

I thought it was more like Odessa File.

[rock_26iin]

Currently reading : P. G. Woodehouse - Leave It To Psmith

[lizard king]

currently reading " nerve, muscle and synapse" by bernard katz



u wouold nt wanna know whats it about

[akhilis2cool]

Just finished Da Vinci Code.

theek tha.

[rock_26iin]

Just finished Da Vinci Code.
theek tha.

I think DVC is over-rated. The only reason it received so much publicity was due to its controversial story.

[akhilis2cool]

Just finished Da Vinci Code.
theek tha.

I think DVC is over-rated. The only reason it received so much publicity was due to its controversial story.

ho sakta hai. but how many of the 'facts' stated in the book are correct?

[rock_26iin]

Just finished Da Vinci Code.
theek tha.

I think DVC is over-rated. The only reason it received so much publicity was due to its controversial story.

ho sakta hai. but how many of the 'facts' stated in the book are correct?

Well, the Priory Of Sion does exist although the people stated in the book may not have been members. The ODAN also exists, that is pretty obvious provided that the website also is given in the book. The rest, 'God' knows

[The Jackal]

Just finished Da Vinci Code.
theek tha.

I think DVC is over-rated. The only reason it received so much publicity was due to its controversial story.

ho sakta hai. but how many of the 'facts' stated in the book are correct?

Well, the Priory Of Sion does exist although the people stated in the book may not have been members. The ODAN also exists, that is pretty obvious provided that the website also is given in the book. The rest, 'God' knows

If you go to Dan Brown's website,he tell what is fiction ad what is not.

[Lucifer]

Enough Dan Brown I tell you. He is not worth the amount of disk space already dedicated to him.