Paperback, 632 pages
English language
Published Feb. 24, 2017 by Anchor Books.
Robert Langdon, profesor de simbología e iconografía religiosa de Harvard, llega al ultramoderno Museo Guggenheim Bilbao para presenciar un importante anuncio --la revelación de un descubrimiento que "cambiará la historia de la ciencia para siempre". El anfitrión del evento esa noche es Edmond Kirsch, un billonario y futurista de cuarenta años cuyos deslumbrantes inventos tecnológicos y audaces predicciones lo han convertido en una figura de renombre a nivel mundial. Kirsch, quien hace dos décadas fue uno de los primeros alumnos de Langdon en Harvard, está a punto de revelar un asombroso hallazgo... que dará la respuesta a dos preguntas fundamentales de la existencia humana. Tras el comienzo del evento, Langdon y cientos de invitados se encuentran cautivados por una presentación totalmente original, que --Langdon luego comprenderá-- será mucho más polémica de lo que jamás se imaginó. Pero la función, que ha sido meticulosamente orquestada, de pronto irrumpe en caos y …
Robert Langdon, profesor de simbología e iconografía religiosa de Harvard, llega al ultramoderno Museo Guggenheim Bilbao para presenciar un importante anuncio --la revelación de un descubrimiento que "cambiará la historia de la ciencia para siempre". El anfitrión del evento esa noche es Edmond Kirsch, un billonario y futurista de cuarenta años cuyos deslumbrantes inventos tecnológicos y audaces predicciones lo han convertido en una figura de renombre a nivel mundial. Kirsch, quien hace dos décadas fue uno de los primeros alumnos de Langdon en Harvard, está a punto de revelar un asombroso hallazgo... que dará la respuesta a dos preguntas fundamentales de la existencia humana. Tras el comienzo del evento, Langdon y cientos de invitados se encuentran cautivados por una presentación totalmente original, que --Langdon luego comprenderá-- será mucho más polémica de lo que jamás se imaginó. Pero la función, que ha sido meticulosamente orquestada, de pronto irrumpe en caos y el valioso descubrimiento de Kirsch está al borde de ser perdido para siempre. Frente a una inminente amenaza, Langdon se ve obligado a escapar desesperadamente de Bilbao. A su lado está Ambra Vidal, la elegante directora del museo que trabajó con Kirsch en la organización del provocativo evento. Juntos huyen a Barcelona y emprenden la peligrosa búsqueda de la clave encriptada que revelará el secreto de Kirsch.
Die Bücher von Dan Brown sind super, aber 5-mal Robert Langdon hintereinander ist doch viel. Es sind immer wieder dieselben Muster zu erkennen. Was bei einer Serie ja nichts Ungewöhnliches ist, um zum Teil wohl auch erwünscht ist. Aber so direkt hintereinander doch zu viel.
Å si at dette, eller de fleste Dan Brown-bøker, er gode bøker er nesten en anakronisme. Skal sies at jeg slukte Da Vinci-koden, og at Engleder og demoner har en del meget gode trekk, men gode bøker? Ikke helt. Og det er heller ikke Origin. Til det er det alt for mange indre motsigelser, tullete handlingstvists og inkomprehensible utsagn og valg som bokens karakterer gjør eller mumler på spanglish underveis.
Origin handler om de virkelig store spørsmålene; Hvor kommer vi fra, hvor skal vi hen, og hva er relasjonen mellom mennesket og teknologien? De to første spørsmålene prøver Dan Brown i tillegg å gi svar på, og (spoilervarsel): Du får faktisk et svar! Men godeste Brown legger opp til at det virkelig store svaret er svaret på det siste spørsmålet, hvor skal vi hen - mens det som faktisk kan være interessant for en reflekterende leser som er opptatt av …
Å si at dette, eller de fleste Dan Brown-bøker, er gode bøker er nesten en anakronisme. Skal sies at jeg slukte Da Vinci-koden, og at Engleder og demoner har en del meget gode trekk, men gode bøker? Ikke helt. Og det er heller ikke Origin. Til det er det alt for mange indre motsigelser, tullete handlingstvists og inkomprehensible utsagn og valg som bokens karakterer gjør eller mumler på spanglish underveis.
Origin handler om de virkelig store spørsmålene; Hvor kommer vi fra, hvor skal vi hen, og hva er relasjonen mellom mennesket og teknologien? De to første spørsmålene prøver Dan Brown i tillegg å gi svar på, og (spoilervarsel): Du får faktisk et svar! Men godeste Brown legger opp til at det virkelig store svaret er svaret på det siste spørsmålet, hvor skal vi hen - mens det som faktisk kan være interessant for en reflekterende leser som er opptatt av forholdet mellom religion og vitenskap, er svaret på det første spørsmålet. At svarene som gis utfordrer verdens religiøse institusjoner er opplagt, og det er egentlig dette boken handler om.
Underveis besøker vi spennende lokasjoner som Guggenheim-museet i Bilbao (Verd et besøk i levende live også), Sagrada Familia i Barcelona (verd å stå to timer i kø for å se? Vet ikke, jeg gadd ikke), Madrid og Sevilla - og vi får et ganske så solid innblikk i polemikken mellom nyateister som Harris, Dawkins og Hithcens og kirkelige kirkens tenkere, blant annet Augustin. Så som en slags dannelsesreise er dette ikke så verst.
Men skrivingen da? Og at alle interne refleksjoner og tankespinn hos ALLE ALLTID SKAL SKRIVES I KURSIV kan være grunn til innleggelse på nærmeste psykiatriske institusjon for denne leser. I tillegg til at romansene er like spennende som flatbrød med salami.
Dan Brown er en merkelig forfatter: Det ér bare ikke bra, likevel sluker bøkene hans meg, også Origin. Beats me.
Immer, wenn ein Roadtrip ansteht, suchen wir uns ein Hörbuch aus. Dieses Mal hab ich wirklich nicht viel erwartet - am ehesten: CSI: Cyber trifft auf Verschwörungsmist - die Erwartungen wurden aber unterboten. Eine uninspirierte Novelle, aufgeblasen auf viel zu viele Seiten.
Bad Science. Bad Fiction. Decent Philosophy
The science was too shallow and lazy. I can probably attribute it to wanting to appeal to a broader audience. But the fiction was too predictable as well. I don't want to add spoilers here but it was obvious from the beginning.
However, the philosophical thoughts were interesting. This is something I think about a lot - how could science and religion coexist and Brown's (or is it Prof. Langdon's) conclusions go well with how I think. Being an atheist is viewed as being one with immoral behavior or lack of moral in the Western world - to much of my surprise. It's not. Religion is only one framework of morality. It's bogged down by dogmatic people who don't adapt. Being an atheist gives the freedom to follow a moral framework that is more inline with my ideals. We don't have to believe in …
Bad Science. Bad Fiction. Decent Philosophy
The science was too shallow and lazy. I can probably attribute it to wanting to appeal to a broader audience. But the fiction was too predictable as well. I don't want to add spoilers here but it was obvious from the beginning.
However, the philosophical thoughts were interesting. This is something I think about a lot - how could science and religion coexist and Brown's (or is it Prof. Langdon's) conclusions go well with how I think. Being an atheist is viewed as being one with immoral behavior or lack of moral in the Western world - to much of my surprise. It's not. Religion is only one framework of morality. It's bogged down by dogmatic people who don't adapt. Being an atheist gives the freedom to follow a moral framework that is more inline with my ideals. We don't have to believe in a higher power or fear punishment to be moral either. This can be achieved while still being religious as well if people are just a little more open minded. Problem is the conformity that organized religion demands.
Ugh. Wow, this was poor. Not only did it take forever (1/4 of the book!!), for the person with the relevant information to become unavailable, it took almost 1/3 to finally get the scavenger hunt going. Which was over about 50 pages later (ok, maybe 100 pages. I read the audio, I don't know). Why bother?
The plot twists were quite foreseeable, too. And what kind of justification is "he would have had trouble typing an umlaut into his phone". Have you ever seen a phone? You can have multiple keyboards and even multiple letters per button. It's like magic.
It's sad, I really enjoyed the early books. This one feels like "maybe I can trick those readers into buying one last book."
I am sad to say that this Robert Langdon book was just okay. Of all of Dan Brown's books, this seemed the most formulaic, to me. It is certainly an entertaining read; it is just that it was totally predictable.
2-1/2 stars, not entertaining enough for three
This was an easy and enjoyable read. Character development was outstanding and the plot was interesting.
What can I say about this book? It was quite thrilling to read it – as most of Dan Brown's books featuring Robert Langdon are (with the exception of Lost Symbol). I was quite hooked with it and couldn't put it down for long.
More rooted in hard science fiction rather than iconography and historicity than its predecessors, the lack of solid action set pieces and rather thin basis and revelations make this one of the weakest entry in the Langdon series.
DNF. Bailed about 40% of the way in on the start of chap 43. Life is too short to spend it reading this. It's fine, it's not terrible, but it is so long and formulaic that I realized it was more chore than entertainment and dropped out. I'll watch the movie if they make it into one - 90 minutes of my time, sure. Ten hours of my time, nope.
Hahaha, classic...
Classic Dan Brown, like the [b:The Da Vinci Code|968|The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)|Dan Brown|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1303252999s/968.jpg|2982101].
This is not a Nobel prize (or any other prize) pretender, but a well done detective story with historical references, not too self-repeating, as for fifth book in the series.
So disappointing. Gone is the interwoven magic of The Da Vinci Code, replaced by an unbelievable miasma of current-event headlines (Uber! Self-driving cars! AI!), fall-flat “shockers” that aren’t shocking at all, and an utterly formulaic approach to suspense and mystery.
When you learn the plot device 90% in and it doesn’t invite critical thought at all, you know you have a problem.
Farewell, Mr. Langdon; I’m moving on to greener pastures.
I swear Dan Brown is my soul mate. I want the worlds that he describes in his books. That may be concerning to other people. The last few books have been dark and I love it that way.
I actually find his books to be frustrating to read the first time. I just want to know what the point is. I don't have time for people beating around the bush. Hint - If you are talking to Robert Langdon just tell him what you have to say. If you hint and hem and haw and say that you'll tell him the important point at a later time, you aren't making it through the book.
If you haven't read the book yet, I'll just say that I appreciated the way this book played with the formulas of his previous books. If you have read it, I have a lot more to …
I swear Dan Brown is my soul mate. I want the worlds that he describes in his books. That may be concerning to other people. The last few books have been dark and I love it that way.
I actually find his books to be frustrating to read the first time. I just want to know what the point is. I don't have time for people beating around the bush. Hint - If you are talking to Robert Langdon just tell him what you have to say. If you hint and hem and haw and say that you'll tell him the important point at a later time, you aren't making it through the book.
If you haven't read the book yet, I'll just say that I appreciated the way this book played with the formulas of his previous books. If you have read it, I have a lot more to say. Come join the discussion at <a href="http://www.spiritblog.net/originwww.spiritblog.net/origin href="http://www.spiritblog.net/origin/" target="_blank">This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story
This book was shit. I have read all Landon books, after I went through the Angels and Demons audio book and loved it. For me that is still Brown's magnum opus. All books before and after are crap. This one is as insufferable as Digital Fortress. A difficult read because it's just so bad. A big problem is that I know about technology and just can't look over the glaring issues. I think this was my last Dan Brown book.
