Cinnamon Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Just got an email from Amazon to say its been shipped I never usually buy hardback books, but will make an exception this time, as I am so looking forward to it. Hubby is too - He is a Freemason & the book is set in the world of Freemasonary It also gives us something to buy his father for Christmas LINKY THINGY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Never read a dan brown but I believe you can get it for the ereader so may just get it because I have a new toy coming today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Heard a review this morning on the radio. The chap (worked for Waterstones I think) had started it at 9pm, and finished it at 5am. He enjoyed it enormously. A lot more complex than The Da Vinci Code apparently, but along the same lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Sounds brilliant Sarah. I like his books and may well see if I can get it from the library for when I have time off in October. What's the title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The Lost Symbol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks, I'll get it ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I'm off to buy it this morning. I love secret societies It'll give me a respite from preserving recipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I'm off to buy it this morning. I love secret societies Me too, I remember reading The Messianic Legacy and Holy Blood, Holy Grail when they came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Oh yes,me too! I love a delve through Hubbys secret Masonic book - he does leave them lying around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Oooh, spill the beans, Sarah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Funny enough, I have got to buy this for my mum today - £5 at Asda. Her dad (my grandad) was a freemason & was the worshipful master of his lodge. The Masons was his life. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Its like that for some men - my FIL lives his life for masonic stuff. Hubby just goes for a laugh,the beer & the fun of some of the rituals A lot of his lodge are young men, who have a really nice relaxed attitude to it all. Anyhow, my book has just arrived, so I am off to bed with it,my fluey head,a mince pie & a hot toddy. I may be some time..................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 A friend of mine bought it for a fiver in Asda, read it, and actually wept at the humdrumness of the plot and the inelegant sentence construction. But then he is a writer and intellecshool and had probably been drinking. He also has a theory that DB wrote the first one and then the next lot were rushed out under ghost writers as the DB brand was really kicking off and the publishers wanted to capitalise on it. He bases this on sentences like the one in Digital Fortress where a couple of blokes play squash, then go and change (with a few too many descriptive adjectives) and then have 'a cranberry juice'. He says only women and gays would write about that level of detail in a thriller, hence it was ghost written. I read as much of Harry Potter and the Stone of Da Vinci as I could and then thought my eyes would bleed at the prose style and had to stop. He should have had more wizards in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I get a lot of my books from audible.co.uk now as I like to listen as I'm doing things, or when I can't physically read due to headaches. I got an email about this book yesterday, I think I'll be buying it when I get my next months credits on 2nd Oct . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 It's amazing the people that are, or were when alive, masons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Freemasons Presidents, prime ministers, people in charge of policy and big stuff. Scarey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Its looking good so far! OSH, hubby is often suprising me with tales of famous Masons he has met. Most of them are just normal blokes though, who find the ritual & history interesting. The only benefit we have found is cheap parking in London in the carpark owned by one of the brethren. ........which is pretty handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I called Pops, as he likes Dan Brown too - they have an ASDA near them and I wanted him to get me a copy. Turns out he's already bought it, so that's my reading sorted for October time off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I always wondered as a little girl what was with my grandads 'apron, jewels & white gloves'. I'm still none the wiser , apart from knowing it was something to do with the masons. Oh & why do they do the funny handshake, have special words to say when they greet another mason & call each other brother? Is it a sort of religion too? There is something about a black & white tiled floor in the lodges & the nomination ceremony is something to do with putting white balls in a bag. If someone puts in a black ball, then you are not accepted. I also remember grandad having to learn his book word for word! Aren't masons craftsmen or something? It's all very hush hush - not sure I like such secrecy. What is it all about - what does go on in the lodges? I don't like secrecy, but want to know the ins & outs of it all. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I always thought it was a society for self gain. Helping each other and all that. That's why it's so frowned on "officially" by the government in such areas as the police. Isn't the "funny handshake" so that you can recognise a fellow brother? They do charity work but it's all raised within the brotherhood so it's like organised philanthropy, if you like. The Catholic Church is against freemasonry and its belief in A Supreme Being who might not be God. I may be wrong about all this, after all I'm not a mason. I don't think I'd pass the half chest bared and the trouser leg raised up test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Its not for self gain - there is no self gain at all. In the Lodge, the philosophy is that everyone is equal. So a street cleaner who is a Mason is the same in every way as a member of royalty for example. Not a bad ethos,really There are men from every conceivable walk of life in Brian's lodge,including politicians,actors,builders & a window dresser. You would be surprised at the amount of charity work that is done,& the amount of money raised,as well as to where is goes,usually totally anonymously. There are Masonic charities,schools,hospitals & the like, but most money raised goes directly to the sort of places you & I would know by name - normal charities that support every person. Its not a religion,& anyone of any religion can become a Mason. As a non believer anyhow,their beliefs & who approves & who does not don't interest me in the slightest. Its just a boys club really. The history of it is really interesting, & some of the buildings that I have been to are wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 There are lady freemasons too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 That's fascinating - can't wait to read it, but being strong and not buying until next week when have more time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Ours arrived this morning. It's a big un, now it is a case of waiting for ES to speed read it like he does and then it can do the rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 If its all secret how do you get to be one - do you have to be invited? Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 My dad used to be in the Masons, I remember seeing his apron, we used to call it his pinny to wind him up. He got fed up with it all though, think you have to pay to be a member and he wasn't going often enough. Not a clue what they got up to there though. Interesting article on the BBC about the book and the Masons today http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8258575.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
