HIS PROCESS, AND THE
IMPACT OF HIS OWN "ORIGIN."
HIS BOOKS HAVE SOLD HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF COPIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
"THE DA VINCI CODE" EVEN TURNED
INTO A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE.
AND DAN BROWN IS AT IT AGAIN.
>> THE STORY BEGINS WITH A
BRILLIANT FUTURIST WHO HAS MADE
A DISCOVERY HE BELIEVES WILL
UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONS OF
WORLD RELIGION.
>> STOPPING ON THE SEACOAST,
INTRODUCING HIS LATEST BOOK.
>> OUR HERO, BECAUSE HE HAS
TERRIBLY BAD LUCK AND IS IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME,
GETS PULLED INTO THIS MYSTERY
AND FINDS HIMSELF ON A JOT
ACROSS -- JAUNT ACROSS SPAIN.
GRAPPLING WITH THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER GOD WILL SURVIVE SCIENCE
.
>> BROWN SPENT 18 MONTHS
VISITING THE SETTINGS IN SPAIN.
AND THE ART IN THE GUGGENHEIM
MUSEUM IN BILBAO.
THIS NOVEL, ADDING ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TO THE MIX.
>> I HAD TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT AI
TO WRITE THIS BOOK.
THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING VERY
QUICKLY.
THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING THAT
WILL POSE ETHICAL DILEMMAS WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
>> "ORIGIN," ANOTHER THINKER
THRILLER.
>> THE AGENT GOD, THOR, WE
BELIEVE WAS RESPONSIBLE -- WE
USED TO BELIEVE WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THROWING LIGHTNING BOLTS.
THEN WE LEARNED IT WAS CAUSED BY
STATIC ELECTRICITY.
>> HIS FAVORITE EARLY BOOK WAS A
WRINKLE IN TIME.
IT PROBABLY SPARKED HIS INTEREST
IN SCIENCE.
HE ALSO LOVED "THE HARDY BOYS"
WHERE EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER ENDED
WITH A CLIFFHANGER.
HIS FATHER, BRINGING DOWN THE
HOUSE, INTRODUCING HIS SON.
EVEN SHARING HIS FIRST BOOK.
>> IT HAS A RATHER INTRIGUING
TITLE.
THE GIRAFFE, THE HAGUE, -- PIG,
AND THE PANTS ON FIRE.
>> A PRODUCT OF HIS PARENTS.
HIS JURIST -- CHURCH ORGANIST'S
MOMS TAKE ON THE WORD FOR GOD.
>> IT DID WONDERS FOR MY SOCIAL
LIFE, HAVING MOM SHOWING UP WITH
A CAR THAT SAYS GOD.
>> HE HOLDS UP METRIC, A RETIRED
MATH TEACHER AND AUTHOR OF NEXT
TEXT'S -- MATH TEXTBOOKS.
>> I'M GOING TO USE MY OWN KIDS.
DAN IS TWO OLDER THAN VALERIE.
-- TWO YEARS OLDER THAN VALERIE.
THE KIND OF PROBLEM DESIGNS TO
MAKE KIDS LOVE ALGEBRA.
>> HE CALLS DAN'S USE OF NAMES
MORE IMAGINATIVE.
>> THE PRINCIPAL WAS PORTRAYED
AS A CRAZED CONSPIRACY THEORIST.
HIS ITALIAN TEACHER WAS DROWNED
IN A FOUNTAIN IN ROME.
HIS COLLEGE GEOLOGY TEACHER WAS
THROWN OUT OF A HELICOPTER,
COMPLETE WITH DOGSLED AND DOGS
INTO A REMOTE GLACIAL REMAIN --
RAVINE.
>> HIS DAD SAYS HE SHOWED
DEVOTION FROM THE START.
DAN SPENT FOUR YEARS ON
"ORIGIN."
>> 2.5 YEARS WAS GETTING UP
EVERY DAY INCLUDING CHRISTMAS
MORNING AT 4:00 A.M. AND
WRITING.
REALLY BEEN COMMITTED TO THE
PROCESS.
>> HE WRITES NONSTOP UNTIL 11:00
OR 12:00.
>> AT SOME POINT, I STARTED
IGNORING THE HOURGLASS.
I GOT AN APPLICATION ON MY
COMPUTER THAT WILL FREEZE MY
COMPUTER FOR TWO MINUTES.
>> ALL THE WRITING, DONE ON THE
SEA COAST.
>> OVER THE WATER STREET STORE.
>> "IGIN," WRITTEN IN HIS
HOME OFFICE.
MY AGENT IS LIKE, YOU SHOULD
LIVE IN NEW YORK.
I COME BACK TO THE SEACOAST.
I GO TO THE MOUNTAINS AND SEE MY
DAD.
IT IS A WONDERFUL STATE.
IT IS VERY CONDUCIVE TO
CREATIVITY.
>> DESPITE WORLD TRAVEL AND
SUCCESS, HIS FAVORITE SETTING.
? >> I LOVE THE PEACEFULNESS OF
IT.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST IS
ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU
CAN KIND OF GET BIG CITY CULTURE
WITH THAT SMALL TOWN NEW ENGLAND
FEEL.
I GUESS I CAN LIVE WHERE I WANT
AND IT HAS NOT OCCURRED TO ME TO
GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> WITH "ORIGIN" DONE, WHAT LIES
AHEAD IS A MYSTERY.
>> I THINK IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
I WANT TO DO SOME THING ELSE FOR
