Am definitely into reading stuff, not that much into the digital realm in that respect, I mean ebooks. Just tried a couple of digital books. And am convinced that print category has a long way to go, it's just like in the Neolithic age if w...e compare with the Earth's life. Now e versions, be it legal or pirated of every major bestseller is widely available online. Somehow that's too much acting as the teaser for the print sells. The physicality that the print version is able to deliver totally lacks in their digital counterpart. Not even Kindle is close enough to give such a experience, may be some distant cousin of it, may be. Till then we will have to wait.

 

The thing which is weird, unknown, magical, surprising, shocking, has the greatest chance to achieve virality. Not just digital but anywhere (Virality nowadays stands in direct reference to the digital medium). Suppose a horror film, the film feels more attractive till the point of disturbance is not shown, a poltergeist. A bandage trailing away behind the curtains, the mummy is not being shown. Supposedly a person whom you don't know is more interesting than a person you know well. But the catch like any other communication is that the content should be exposed to the right people.

I have read all of Dan Brown's novels, there's a striking difference between this and the rest. As those in the loop knows this one has been already commissioned to be made into a major motion picture, Dan Brown seeing the fate of Da Vinci Code and Angels And Demons has written this in a more fit to screen language, though the other ones were equally cinema material this one does seem to be more pictorially richly explained. I have found some striking resemblances with Rays unfolding of a adventure plot and Dan Brown's. The information provided in this one reminds me of another Bengali maestro whose novels and articles were full of information and well researched material, Narayan Sanyal, though the new age Dan Brown is far ahead in the depth of his research. The Dan Brown's novels mostly don't segregate good or evil, it plays on the dilemma of your mind on the grey area in between, it shows both as the two sides of the same coin not far apart. Its takes you to a place where its very difficult to draw lines. Keep on Dan Brown will wait to read more of you.