Comment by sly010
6 years ago
Personally, I call it the Dan Brown effect, because when I was a teen I read "The Da Vinci Code" (I am not expert) a few months before reading "Digital Fortress" (I am somewhat knowledgable) and I found it so profoundly bad that it mad me angry for wasting my time.
I met someone our first week of college who chose a CS degree because of Digital Fortress.
It was awkward and I don't think I saw him again past that first week.