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Earlier this year we pointed out that DaVinci Code author Dan Brown's newest book, The Lost Symbol, is set here in Washington, concerns itself with the mysteries of the Masons, and is due out in September. Now via The New York Times' Arts Beat blog, we finally get a look at the cover of the book, which depicts "a shadowy skyline of the Capitol."
Upon closer inspection, the image shows the Capitol dome's windows being penetrated by the light of a sunset-fueled blood red sky -- not quite an effect that's possible in reality, but Brown's work isn't exactly known for its subtlety, now is it. If we're judging this book by its cover (why not?), it appears it will portray a polluted Congress secretly controlled by the Masons, who are secretly controlled by some kind of code or "symbol," which was more than likely also secretly "lost." Hilarity, naturally, ensues.
So get ready to see every damn person on the Metro reading this thing come fall.
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Al Franken is the grand poobah I hear...
Also, this looks and sounds pretty similar to "The Book of Fate"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Fate
SCHLOCK ALERT!
You know what gave it away? Dan Brown's name on the cover.
I just finished reading Book of Fate. It was terrible and really had nothing to with the Masons, so hope this isn't like that.
Ohhh Masons.
Maybe the Post will have the Washingtonienne review it, as it seems she is writing book reviews for them now: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070702353.html
Well, getting sodomized certainly does prepare one for working at The Washington Post.
FTW!
Oh my gawd!!! I can't believe this. NOW we know who was behind the whole "whoring-Obama-official-access" deal!
I guess prostitution is just part of the Post cuture these days. Oh, that's right, neither WaPo or Cutler prostituted themselves, they only had "sponsors."
Epic fail.
Opus Dei, having fully infiltrated the SCOTUS, attempts to poison the first African-American POTUS (he is assumed to be a clandestine Muslim), but a plucky, but dewy-fresh young Reese Witherspoon-type, a Southern Baptist Court clerk who is converting to Judaism for her fiance (a White House junior aide), intervenes to halt the conspiracy. She is assisted by a sassy, take-no-guff African-American executive assistant, who declares, "Honey, I ain't your sidekick. But I WILL kick your backside if you need it!" A subplot involving the C Street Bible Study worms its way into the main plot.
So will Dr. Robert Langdon finally reveal the horrible truth about why the Pope $h!ts in the woods? Because I'm on the edge of my commode in anticipation. Knowing Hollywood, all the best albino assassin vs Oompah Loompah moments will end up on the cutting room floor. And do you know who's to blame? That's right. The Bavarian Illuminati.
Brilliant!
I hope that Tom Hanks grows back his mullet for the movie version of this book.
I hope he dresses in drag like he did in Bosom Buddies.
Lawd knows that Peter Scolari could use the work!
Does this mean Tom Hanks and his awful wig will be shooting a sequel here in DC soon?
Have no doubt!
I'll only read it if it has some chud action.
What does CHUD mean? I keep hearing it but don't know what it's referring to. Googled it but still not sure! You crazy kids with your crazy new-fangled slang!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/
Henry, show her your CHUD.
In the immortal words of Jessica Cutler, "if he tries to CHUD you without lube, he doesn't love you."
Holy coitus, Batman! That cover is suggestive!
The perspective is throwing me, though. Is it a front view or a rear view?
LOL. You are right, you perv. The interesting part is that it is suggestive in several ways, kind of like the "beautifull girl/old hag" optical illusion.
One way looks like someone is sitting on a copier.
it ain't a book about DC unless they mention...
JUNKPUNCHERS.
Ugh. Junkpunchers is soooo overrated. They've been coasting on their reputation for years, but when they jacked up the price and shrank the portions of their Puu-Puu Platter and Gloryhole Slider, they lost me. And ever since Cap'n Goatese's Poop Deck opened next door to Auntie Septic's Pumphouse, I haven't set foot (or penis) in Junkpunchers.
Does the plot involve a treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence? Because I think I already read this.
No, but there will be a steamy sex scene with Sean Young in the back of a limo rolling down Independence Av.
You know what I loved about that movie? How the dramatic tension depended on a fax needing like 12 hours to deliver a photo to the CIA.
That scene is even hotter today, but because now you know that Sean Young is a total crazy chick.
Crazy chicks are hot.
I heard the first draft was about a drummer who misplaced a piece of equipment and it was going to be titled "The Losy Cymbal."
LosT Cymbal
Working title, The Zildjian Conspiracy
Wait, so this isn't about the REAL reason those Christian Scientists are so eager to tear down their church? Tom Hanks v. DC Preservationists seemed like such a promising premise...
I would read this if it had everyone in Congress wearing funny hats and racing down the halls in little clown cars. Wait, that's the Shriners. Are they the fun Masons or something?
too obvious.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k52/Primofex/the_lost_assholecopy.jpg
So this one isn't fiction?
"Ordo AB Chao"
"Order Out of Chaos"