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Dan Brown books don’t contain ‘action’, they contain ‘motion’. I understand how the way Brown writes makes it seem like he thinks something exciting is happeni
by jameshart 3y ago
Dan Brown books don’t contain ‘action’, they contain ‘motion’.
I understand how the way Brown writes makes it seem like he thinks something exciting is happening but in fact all it is, is his protagonists are moving from place to place in a series of taxis.
- gumby 3y agoSort of like Indiana Jones!
- jameshart 3y agoWith less punching.
- astrange 3y agoThat works for Aaron Sorkin, except you also have dramatic lectures and women telling the male lead they're right about everything.
- AlbertCory 3y agowhile they're walking down a hallway and interrupting each other a lot.
- kybernetikos 3y agoMotion with PERIL. The recent William Gibson books have been bad for that, just people moving between places, without much agency or clue of what is going on.
- codpiece 3y agoHoly cow, that's the perfect summary of what's been bothering me with Gibson's latest few series. Thank you for the insight.
- jacquesm 3y agoGibson has lost it for me with the 'stub' concept. Communicating with an alternate timeline through 'a server somewhere in China' is too thin for me.
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