Angels & Demons - Movie Tie-In (Mass Market Paperback)
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品牌: Dan Brown
基本信息·出版社：Pocket Books
·页码：736 页
·出版日期：2009年
·ISBN：1416578749
·条形码：9781416578741
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
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内容简介THE #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER -- NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAn ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target.World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.
编辑推荐Amazon.com Review
It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville'sThe Eight(but cleverer) or Umberto Eco'sFoucault's Pendulum(but more accessible).Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty.--Kelly Flynn
Look Inside the Motion PictureAngels & Demons(Sony Pictures, 2009)
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Ewan MacGregor as Carlo Ventresca with College of Cardinals
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Straus and Ewan MacGregor as Carlo Ventresca
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra, and Ewan MacGregor as Carlo Ventresca
Ewan MacGregor as Carlo Ventresca
From Publishers Weekly
Pitting scientific terrorists against the cardinals of Vatican City, this well-plotted if over-the-top thriller is crammed with Vatican intrigue and high-tech drama. Robert Langdon, a Harvard specialist on religious symbolism, is called in by a Swiss research lab when Dr. Vetra, the scientist who discovered antimatter, is found murdered with the cryptic word "Illuminati" branded on his chest. These Iluminati were a group of Renaissance scientists, including Galileo, who met secretly in Rome to discuss new ideas in safety from papal threat; what the long-defunct association has to do with Dr. Vetra's death is far from clear. Vetra's daughter, Vittoria, makes a frightening discovery: a lethal amount of antimatter, sealed in a vacuum flask that will explode in six hours unless its batteries are recharged, is missing. Almost immediately, the Swiss Guard discover that the flask is hidden beneath Vatican City, where the conclave to elect a new pope has just begun. Vittoria and Langdon rush to recover the canister, but they aren't allowed into the Vatican until it is discovered that the four principal papal candidates are missing. The terrorists who are holding the cardinals call in regarding their pending murders, offering clues tied to ancient Illuminati meeting sites and runes. Meanwhile, it becomes clear that a sinister Vatican entity with messianic delusions is in league with the terrorists. Packing the novel with sinister figures worthy of a Medici, Brown (Digital Fortress) sets an explosive pace as Langdon and Vittoria race through a Michelin-perfect Rome to try to save the cardinals and find the antimatter before it explodes. Though its premises strain credulity, Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation. (May)
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Review
"'Equally enthralling as the Da Vinci Code' New York Post; 'Angels & Demons is one hell of a book. I had a hard time putting it down and I didn't get any work done until I finished it. Congratulations to Dan Brown for crafting an intriguing, imaginative and very suspenseful read' Dale Brown; 'A breathless real-time adventure. Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ' San Francisco Chronicle; 'If Tom Clancy and Umberto Eco got fused together, Dan Brown would be the result' eBooknet.com; 'A helter skelter race against time. Thoroughly enjoyable' Irish Independent; 'A no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller. Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief' AMAZON.COM; 'An exciting thriller...will rivet cyber-minded readers' Booklist; 'Part thiller, part mystery, and all action. A highly entertaining, page turning thriller' Bookbrowse.com"--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
San Francisco ChronicleA breathless, real-time adventure...Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ.
Nelson DeMilleDan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country.
