"Angels & Demons Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books and then by Corgi Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who recurs as the protagonist of Brown's subsequent novels. ""Angels & Demons"" shares many stylistic literary elements with its sequels, such as conspiracies of secret societies, a single-day time frame, and the Catholic Church. Ancient history, architecture, and symbology are also heavily referenced throughout the book. A film adaptation was released on May 15, 2009. The book contains several ambigrams created by real-life typographer John"
"Langdon is known mostly through his association with Dan Brown, and the novels ""Angels & Demons"", ""The Da Vinci Code,"" ""The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and Origin"". The protagonist of these novels was named Robert Langdon as a tribute to John Langdon, and he will continue to be so for his next 12 books, an estimate given by Dan Brown himself. Langdon is now a professor of typography and corporate identity at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He continues to do work on ambigrams, as well and fine art works that incorporate language, type, and philosophy. Langdon credits his paternal grandparents for"
"himself. In the book series, Langdon is himself an author of six (fictional) books: In the real book ""The Lost Symbol"" on page 8, a minor character, Pam, refers to the (fictional) ""Symbols of the Lost Sacred Feminine"" as creating 'a delicious scandal'. The series has sold over 120 million copies. The novels were a success around the world and became bestsellers, and soon adapted into films in which Ron Howard directed and produced 3 of 5 novels: ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006), ""Angels & Demons"" (2009), and ""Inferno"" (2016), with Tom Hanks portrayed the lead character, Professor Robert Langdon,"
"performed, was listed as part of the film's soundtrack. In the film, Brown and his wife can be seen in the background of one of the early book signing scenes. The next film, ""Angels & Demons"", was released on May 15, 2009, with Howard and Hanks returning. It, too, garnered mostly negative reviews, though critics were kinder to it than to its predecessor. , it has a 37% meta-rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Filmmakers expressed interest in adapting ""The Lost Symbol"" into a film as well. The screenplay was written by Danny Strong, with pre-production expected to begin in 2013. According"
"Fallen Angels (science fiction novel) Fallen Angels (1991) is a science fiction novel by American science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn published by Jim Baen. The winner of 1992 Prometheus Award, the novel was written as a tribute to science fiction fandom, and includes many of its well-known figures, legends, and practices. It also champions modern technology and heaps scorn upon its critics - budget cutting politicians, fringe environmentalists and the forces of ignorance. An ebook of this text was among the first released by the Baen Free Library. The novel takes aim at several targets"
"Brown's novel ""The Lost Symbol"". The novel is one of books which includes Robert Langdon, the symbologist. ""Kryptos"" was the first cryptographic sculpture made by Sanborn. It was presented to the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia on November 3, 1990. The sculpture has been both a puzzle and a mystery for those who hope to crack the cyphered messages contained within the sculpture's 2,000 alphabetic letters. Since ""Kryptos"" was erected, three of the four sections have been confirmed to have been solved. No one has yet been able to solve the remaining 97-character message. He has also said that"
"Keith Donohue (novelist) Keith Donohue (born 1959) is an American novelist. He is the author of five novels: ""The Motion of Puppets"" (2016), ""The Boy Who Drew Monsters"" (2014), ""Centuries of June"" (2011), ""Angels of Destruction"" (2009), and ""The Stolen Child"" (2006). His acclaimed 2006 novel ""The Stolen Child"", about a changeling, was inspired by the Yeats poem of the same name. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he earned his B.A. and M.A. from Duquesne University and his Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America. Until 1998 he worked at the National Endowment for the Arts and"
"F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. While he achieved popular success, fame, and fortune in his lifetime, he did not receive much critical acclaim until after his death. Perhaps the most notable member of the ""Lost Generation"" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: ""This Side of Paradise"", ""The Beautiful and Damned"", ""The Great Gatsby"", and ""Tender Is"
"tragedies. Washington's haunted history is so well known that some of its haunted locations were featured in a 2006 documentary, ""America's Haunted Houses,"" on the A&E cable network. Novelist Dan Brown mentioned them prominently in his 2009 novel, ""The Lost Symbol"". Notable purportedly haunted locations include the United States Capitol, Capitol Hill, the White House, Lafayette Square and nearby buildings, Independence Avenue SW, The Octagon House, Chinatown, the National Theatre, Hay–Adams Hotel, Woodrow Wilson House, Omni Shoreham Hotel, and many others. The United States Capitol is reputedly haunted by many past representatives of the United States House of Representatives and"
"the 100 Most Influential People of the Year. ""Forbes"" magazine placed Brown at No. 12 on their 2005 ""Celebrity 100"" list, and estimated his annual income at US$76.5 million. ""The Times"" estimated his income from ""Da Vinci Code"" sales as $250 million. Brown's third novel featuring Robert Langdon, ""The Lost Symbol"", was released on September 15, 2009. According to the publisher, on its first day the book sold over one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the US, the UK and Canada, prompting the printing of 600,000 hardcover copies in addition to the five million first printing. The story"
"Brown's 2009 novel, ""The Lost Symbol"", which sold 550,946 copies. It also fell short of Rowling's last release, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", that sold 2.6 million copies and became the fastest-selling book in history, a record that was lost to Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' in 2015. It became the 15th best-selling book of 2012 during its first week of release. Little, Brown and Company has announced that within the first three weeks the book's total sales have topped one million copies in English in all formats across all territories, including the US and the UK The"
"L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( ; March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), often referred to by his initials LRH, was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. After establishing a career as a writer of science fiction and fantasy stories, in 1950 he published a ""branch of self-help psychology"" called Dianetics. Hubbard subsequently developed his ideas into a new religious movement that he called Scientology. Hubbard was cited by ""Smithsonian"" magazine as one of the 100 most significant Americans of all time. Born in Tilden, Nebraska in 1911, Hubbard spent much of his"
"as ""a candidate for the worst novel ever"". Following the worldwide successes of ""The Da Vinci Code"" in 2006 and ""Angels & Demons"" in 2009, which were both based on Brown's novels, starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and produced and directed by Ron Howard, Columbia Pictures began production on a film adaptation of ""The Lost Symbol"". Hanks and Howard were expected to return for the film adaptation of ""The Lost Symbol"", along with the franchise's producers Brian Grazer and John Calley. Sony Pictures eventually hired three screenwriters for the project, beginning with Steven Knight and then hiring Brown himself."
". Brownworth of the ""Chicago Tribune"" said ""[the book] is an accomplished novel, stylistically sharp and metaphorically keen"". Angel and Apostle Angel and Apostle is a novel written by Deborah Noyes and published in 2005. It is often viewed as a sequel to ""The Scarlet Letter"", a novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, but it is more like a companion due to the overlap of events between the novels. The story begins with Hester and Pearl in their cabin in the woods. The reader learns that Hester has little discipline for her child, and Pearl runs wild and free most"
"Written works of L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American pulp fiction author. He wrote in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, adventure fiction, aviation, travel, mystery, western and romance. He is perhaps best known for his self-help book, the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (first published in 1950), and as the founder of the Church of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific writer; according to the church, his written teachings make up approximately"
"about topics such as ""Kryptos"", a sculpture at the Central Intelligence Agency containing an encrypted message, and another on the world's most famous unsolved codes. She has given several lectures on the subject of cryptography, and according to the PBS series ""NOVA scienceNOW"" she is ""generally considered the leading ""Kryptos"" expert in the world."" In 2010, bestselling author Dan Brown named a character, Nola Kaye, in his novel ""The Lost Symbol"" after her, in an anagram pattern. Dunin was born in Santa Monica, California, the older of two children to Stanley Dunin, a Polish-American mathematician, and Elsie Ivancich, a Croatian-American"
"Greg Bear Gregory Dale ""Greg"" Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (""Forge of God"" books), artificial universes (""The Way"" series), consciousness and cultural practices (""Queen of Angels""), and accelerated evolution (""Blood Music"", ""Darwin's Radio"", and ""Darwin's Children""). His most recent work is the Forerunner Trilogy, written in the Halo universe. Greg Bear has written 44 books in total. Greg Bear was also one of the five co-founders of the San Diego Comic-Con. Bear was born in San Diego, California. He attended San"
"Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, ""I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"" (1969), tells of her life up to"
"F. Scott Fitzgerald bibliography Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the ""Lost Generation"" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: ""This Side of Paradise"", ""The Beautiful and Damned"", ""The Great Gatsby"" (his most famous), and ""Tender Is the Night"". A fifth, unfinished novel, ""The Last Tycoon"", was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories"
"Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novel ""Fallen Angels"" is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. Myers was the third U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving in 2012 and 2013. He"
"Angel and Apostle Angel and Apostle is a novel written by Deborah Noyes and published in 2005. It is often viewed as a sequel to ""The Scarlet Letter"", a novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, but it is more like a companion due to the overlap of events between the novels. The story begins with Hester and Pearl in their cabin in the woods. The reader learns that Hester has little discipline for her child, and Pearl runs wild and free most of the time doing as little work as possible. Pearl frequently visits a blind boy named Simon who"
"The Witch Tree Symbol The Witch Tree Symbol is the thirty-third volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1955 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. When a neighbor asks Nancy Drew to accompany her to an old uninhabited mansion, a new mystery opens up, and danger lurks on the second floor. Nancy finds a witch tree symbol that leads her to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a cunning and ruthless thief. The friendly welcome the young detective and her friends Bess and George receive from the"
"American Gods American Gods (2001) is a novel by English author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United States. It gained a positive critical response and won the Hugo and Nebula awards in 2002. A special tenth anniversary edition, which includes the ""author's preferred text"" and 12,000 additional words, was published in June 2011 by William Morrow. Two audio versions of the"
"testimony when speaking of one's life and struggles, ironic understatement, and the use of natural metaphors, rhythms, and intonations. Angelou, instead of depending upon plot, used personal and historical events to shape her books. Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou"
"in the U.S., Canada, and UK. According to the publisher, the rapid sales prompted the printing of an additional 600,000 hardcover copies to the 5 million initially printed for the US market. On its first day the book became the #1 bestseller on Amazon.com, and the Amazon Kindle e-reader edition became the top-selling item on Amazon.com, outselling Amazon's sales of the hardback copy of the novel, which is the sixth best selling book of 2009 on pre-publication orders alone. ""The Lost Symbol"" also ranked as the #1 bestseller in Amazon's Canadian and British sites. Both Barnes & Noble and Waterstone's"
"Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, novelist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized by Discordianism as an Episkopos, Pope, and saint, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews. Wilson described his work as an ""attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth"". His goal being ""to try to get people into a state of generalized"
"Glenn Meganck Glenn Meganck is a novelist and composer. Born in Michigan, he currently resides in Florida. His most recent novel, ""George And The Angels"", is a work of magic realism and fantasy. Besides his literary works, he has also published a number of genre novels, mostly in the mystery category, under the pseudonym J.R. Ripley. He has also written under other names through the years and has had some success at radio as well, particularly in the 80s within the college-alternative market. Some of his better known mysteries include: Murder In St. Barts, featuring Gendarme Charles Trenet; and the"
"Donald Bain (writer) Donald Slitheran Bain (March 6, 1935 – October 21, 2017) was a United States author and ghostwriter, having written over 115 books in his 40-year career. byline: Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones byline: Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain A spin-off book series based on the ""Murder, She Wrote"" American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. byline: J.D. Hardin A ghostwriter is often required to be anonymous as a part of the contract to write the book. Some sources claim Bain is the author of most of the mystery"
"John Albano John F. Albano (September 12, 1922 – May 23, 2005) was an American writer who worked in the comic book industry. He was recognized for his work with the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Humor Division) in 1971, and the Shazam Award for Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) in 1972 for ""The Demon Within"", in ""House of Mystery"" #201 (with Jim Aparo). Albano's most famous co-creation is the western anti-hero Jonah Hex for DC Comics; he was the writer of books ranging from ""Adventure Comics"" to ""House of Mystery"" to Archie. Albano wrote stories for comic book novels"
"Caleb Carr Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American military historian and author. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. He authored ""The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary,"" and ""The Legend of Broken"". He has taught military history at Bard College, and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater. His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them ""The Washington Post, The New York Times,"" and ""The Wall Street Journal"". He lives"
"task. Highly recommended for conspiracy fans; unsuitable for historians and archaeologists."" The Sign and the Seal The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is a 1992 book by British pseudoscience author Graham Hancock, in which the author describes his search for the Ark of the Covenant and proposes a theory of the ark's historical movements and current whereabouts. The book sold well but received negative reviews. Hancock proposes the theory that the ark was removed from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem by temple priests during the reign of the evil King Manasseh of Judah"
"Victor Milan Victor Woodward Milán (August 3, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma – February 13, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) was an American writer known for libertarian science fiction and an interest in cybernetics. In 1986 he won the Prometheus Award for ""Cybernetic Samurai"". He has also written several shared universe works for the Forgotten Realms, ""Star Trek"", ""BattleTech"" and ""Wild Cards"" series. He has also written books under the pseudonyms Richard Austin (Jove Books ""The Guardians"" series), Robert Baron (Jove Books ""Stormrider"" series), and S. L. Hunter (""Steele"" series with Simon Hawke, who used the pen name J. D. Masters)."
"lost.” Frank R. Stockton Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Born in Philadelphia in 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After marrying Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, he and his wife moved to Burlington, New Jersey, where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. For years he supported"