Josh Mock » Dan Brown http://joshmock.com Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:25:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Digital Fortress http://joshmock.com/2009/digital-fortress/ http://joshmock.com/2009/digital-fortress/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:28 +0000 Josh Mock http://joshmock.com/?p=648 Before Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, he wrote a book called Digital Fortress. Looking for a quick, fun read, I figured it would be a decent choice, and I was not proven wrong.

A standard Dan Brown-style, modern adventure involving cryptography, the NSA and an attempt to bring down all their wiretapping abilities. Unlike his two most well-known books, this is hardly controversial, only touching lightly on the issue of surveillance in government: hardly a monster of a topic as the entire history of the Catholic church and Jesus Christ Himself.

I would say this book isn’t Brown’s best, but still impressive for a first-timer. It wasn’t difficult or annoying to read, but the flow was a little jumpy and it was a bit too predictable at parts. And I enjoyed the computer talk because, at heart, I’m kind of a nerd. In case you hadn’t noticed.

]]> http://joshmock.com/2009/digital-fortress/feed/ 1 I liked it! I thought it was great! http://joshmock.com/2009/i-liked-it-i-thought-it-was-great/ http://joshmock.com/2009/i-liked-it-i-thought-it-was-great/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 16:00:21 +0000 Josh Mock http://joshmock.com/?p=591 In case you don’t know what people who pretend they know everything look like, this is a very accurate, real-life snapshot of a few.

[Book Club: The Da Vinci Code]

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