Reading

Back from Cleveland [such a beautiful wedding] and done with the production deadlines for the week.

Been reading bits and pieces lately:

1. You may remember a story [there was also one in the Baltimore Messenger, but I can’t find it] about The Book Thing, which is that thing Iain and I go to every once in a while for an armful of free books. Deal is, TBT may have to move, and there’s nowhere for them to go to yet. One of the volunteers is pleading for ideas [or even better, a space to move to] on her blog. And Boing-Boing.net is on the lookout too. Let’s put our thinking caps on, because The Book Thing is the best thing ever, and it would totally suck if it didn’t have a place to live.

2. Great Sun profile of Dan Peres, the Baltimore-bred editor of Details magazine [you know, the is-it-gay-or-is-it-straight mag for fashionable, cutting-edge young men]. Fascinating profile of the man, and consequently the magazine, since the two seem to be so intertwined.

3. The Da Vinci Code. At long, long last, I finally nabbed a copy from the library. I like the premise so far — reminds me of an article I read many years ago. The writing is OK; not as stilted and sexist as The Bourne Identity, which I didn’t like, or unbelievable as Daughter of God, which I did, but definitely approaching that genre. Big fan of the Da Vinci elements; I remember my dad had a softcover book of his notebooks, sketches and “cartoons,” so I’ve been interested in the guy since I’ve been interested in art itself. Plus, I love conspiracy novels and the notion that The Church’s rituals and whatnot are outcroppings of pagan practices.

Oh, this is interesting. I find here that Lewis Purdue, author of Daughter of God, has a book called the Da Vinci Legacy. Wonder what that’s all about.

The Da Vinci Codex is a priceless collection of Leonardo’s original work— or is it? When Da Vinci scholar Vance Erikson discovers that several of the Codex’s pages are forgeries, the search is on for the genuine documents, which may hold startling secrets and revelations.

But Erikson is not the only one seeking the missing pages. He soon finds himself the target of a murderous conspiracy that dates back to the dawn of Christianity itself. For the Da Vinci Codex is more than just a precious document. It is also the key to a long-lost discovery of frightening importance. Now, not only Erikson’s life but the future itself is at stake. Ultimate power is the prize for whomever seizes …

Eeeeenteresting.

And where can I read more about the controversy around this book, and people who think Dan Brown is an evil, misleading nutcase?

Anyway, time to go and actually finish this book. I’m afraid if I research it any more I’ll spoil the ending.

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