Anyone got the Lost Symbol book already? i did

[Eddy]

Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it
thank you Brethren
Bro Ed

[Rob Sandilands]

Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it
thank you Brethren
Bro Ed

... not yet ... being of good Scottish ancestry, I always wait for the
sales ... just like I always wait for the movie to come out on home
release ... unless it's something by Mel Brooks ... then I'm first in
line ...

[Mudge]

Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it

And, is it even worth reading ?

[Bill M]

Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it
thank you Brethren
Bro Ed

Read it yesterday, loved it. Great read. Shows the Craft in a very
positive light, although I'm sure that a.f will be overwhelmed with
those citing a novel as a source of fact. Lots to keep Googlers happy as
well.

Best,
Bill M, Aberdeen, Scotland
RWM Aurora Borealis 1809 ...
.... and a shedload of other stuff too.

[John W]

Post by Bill M

Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it
thank you Brethren
Bro Ed

Read it yesterday, loved it. Great read. Shows the Craft in a very
positive light, although I'm sure that a.f will be overwhelmed with
those citing a novel as a source of fact. Lots to keep Googlers happy as
well.

Have bought it to read on holiday next month, but have just finished
reading "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett and although not about
Freemasonry it does deal with operative masons and as the book continues
leads on to Knights Templar and finally to Sir Thomas of Acon (a
relative new order over this side of the pond). Over 1100 pages but well
worth the read.

John
Neyland Lodge 990 UGLE

[g***@live.com]

Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it

I bought it, I've just finished reading it, and I loved it. It was
outstanding, and I regretted deeply when it ended - NOT because it was
a bad ending, but because there was no more to read.

The book is highly complimentary to the Masons. Brown obviously has
a deep respect for our Order, and has stated that the only reason he
has not become a Mason himself is because, once taking the
Obligations, he feels he would not have been able to write about it as
freely as he did.

Having said that, he did not write anything that a Mason could not
have written.

There are a few errors in his depiction of the ritual - understandable
and forgiveable from one who is not, himself, a Mason; and his plot
does go off into LaLaLand when talking about the holders of the 33rd
Degree of the Scottish Rite - but never in a bad way.

This book will be a delightful surprise to Masons. I read it, I
enjoyed it, I recommend it.

Jack Hickey, PM

[Eddy]

I will discuss it with my Brethren in our next meeting in the Scottish Rite
in DC, im sure we will have more people interested in us and will be asking
more questions;
I hope the movie coming out in 2012 will be as good...


Bro Ed
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Post by Eddy
Just to hear your thoughts while you read it; any comment? anything
intriguing please post it

I bought it, I've just finished reading it, and I loved it. It was
outstanding, and I regretted deeply when it ended - NOT because it was
a bad ending, but because there was no more to read.
The book is highly complimentary to the Masons. Brown obviously has
a deep respect for our Order, and has stated that the only reason he
has not become a Mason himself is because, once taking the
Obligations, he feels he would not have been able to write about it as
freely as he did.
Having said that, he did not write anything that a Mason could not
have written.
There are a few errors in his depiction of the ritual - understandable
and forgiveable from one who is not, himself, a Mason; and his plot
does go off into LaLaLand when talking about the holders of the 33rd
Degree of the Scottish Rite - but never in a bad way.
This book will be a delightful surprise to Masons. I read it, I
enjoyed it, I recommend it.
Jack Hickey, PM

[Steve Crane]

I can't say I actually "read it" - I bought the CD-disc to listen to
on a trip down to South America. I enjoyed it, I thought Masonry was
portrayed pretty positively, despite numerous fictional intrigues that
are not any part of Masonry that I know about. I do think it will
continue to generate interest and curiousity - both of which I see as
positive.

Steve Crane
Lakeside #42, Sandpoint ID
Creston #54, Creston BC
Topeka #17, Topeka KS

[Dave Vick]

I read it...

Not too bad, overall. Not being a Scottish Rite Mason, I could not
comment on the accuracy of some of the stuff mentioned therein, but it
was certainly a good action/adventure tale.

[Doug Freyburger]

Post by Dave Vick
I read it...

We're on audio CD 11 (of 15?) so we're about 3/4ths of the way through.
It only plays when both my wife and I are in the car at the same time.
No hurry.

Post by Dave Vick
Not too bad, overall. Not being a Scottish Rite Mason, I could not
comment on the accuracy of some of the stuff mentioned therein,

He conflates the AMORC with the Rosicrucian degrees of the Scottish
Rite. Shrug. They are separate groups. I looked into the AMORC before
I petitioned for Masonry and I hold a high opinion of them as an
outsider to them.

Post by Dave Vick
but it was certainly a good action/adventure tale.

I look forward to the movie.

Some of the commentary of Masonry in the book could have been
cut-n-paste from newsgroups. At one point he compares the secrecy of
the recipe for Coca Cola to the secrey of the mode of recognition, for
example.

[KIV11]

Post by Doug Freyburger
We're on audio CD 11 (of 15?) so we're about 3/4ths of the way through.
It only plays when both my wife and I are in the car at the same time.
No hurry.

Post by Dave Vick
Not too bad, overall. Not being a Scottish Rite Mason, I could not
comment on the accuracy of some of the stuff mentioned therein,

He conflates the AMORC with the Rosicrucian degrees of the Scottish
Rite.  Shrug.  They are separate groups.  I looked into the AMORC before
I petitioned for Masonry and I hold a high opinion of them as an
outsider to them.

Post by Dave Vick
but it was certainly a good action/adventure tale.

I look forward to the movie.
Some of the commentary of Masonry in the book could have been
cut-n-paste from newsgroups.  At one point he compares the secrecy of
the recipe for Coca Cola to the secrey of the mode of recognition, for
example.

I had a problem with the following quote from the author at the very
beginning of the book, "All rituals, science, artwork, and monuments
in this novel are real."

Being a Mason for 30 years, I know that most of the rituals depicted
are done so incorrectly.

He also stated, "This city had been conceived and designed by Master
Masons—George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Pierre L’Enfant."

The problem here is that L'Enfant was not a Mason.

Otherwise, the book was a good fast read, keeping in mind that this is
a work of FICTION.

George K.

[John W]

Post by Doug Freyburger

Post by Dave Vick
I read it...

We're on audio CD 11 (of 15?) so we're about 3/4ths of the way through.
It only plays when both my wife and I are in the car at the same time.
No hurry.

Post by Dave Vick
Not too bad, overall. Not being a Scottish Rite Mason, I could not
comment on the accuracy of some of the stuff mentioned therein,

He conflates the AMORC with the Rosicrucian degrees of the Scottish
Rite. Shrug. They are separate groups. I looked into the AMORC before
I petitioned for Masonry and I hold a high opinion of them as an
outsider to them.

Post by Dave Vick
but it was certainly a good action/adventure tale.

I look forward to the movie.

Not if the movie is anything like the Da Vinci code and Angels and
Demons, both of which I thought were very poor films having read and
enjoyed both Dan Brown books.

John Neyland Lodge 990 UGLE