Having picked up Angels & Demons recently, I must say I was greatly dissapointed. As a student studying Engineering and with an interest in quantum physics and theology, I found his research appaling. It reads as if someone just learned this stuff (not very well I might add) and then decided to use this newly learned general knowledge as a core spine of their novel.
And it's not just the physics either. Somewhere in the mess he explains that Shaitan is an Islamic word. Of course, Islam is a religion and not a language. Then he says muslims worship gods in temples. There is only one god, Allah and the worshipping happens in a mosque. If I had a sister, and if she was twelve she would know this.
And then, to top it off he vomits out a brilliancy like "he had contended loins" desciring his highly evil, highly mysterious villain after he has sex. Dan geniously names the felllow Assassin, not forgetting to demonstrate his wikipedia prowess by explaining that the word comes from Arabic Hashshashin (which he got right) and that they smoked Hashish (which he got wrong).
But then, that's just me. What do you think?
And it's not just the physics either. Somewhere in the mess he explains that Shaitan is an Islamic word. Of course, Islam is a religion and not a language. Then he says muslims worship gods in temples. There is only one god, Allah and the worshipping happens in a mosque. If I had a sister, and if she was twelve she would know this.
And then, to top it off he vomits out a brilliancy like "he had contended loins" desciring his highly evil, highly mysterious villain after he has sex. Dan geniously names the felllow Assassin, not forgetting to demonstrate his wikipedia prowess by explaining that the word comes from Arabic Hashshashin (which he got right) and that they smoked Hashish (which he got wrong).
But then, that's just me. What do you think?