For Dan Brown fans, here’s a look at some followup stories about his new novel, The Lost Symbol, which is due for a Sept. 15 release. They may help tide you over — at least until the Angels and Demons movie opens on May 15.

This story examines the pressure on famous writers to keep the hits coming. J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Ralph Ellison never finished another novel after Invisible Man. Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place, drank herself to death. And Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was her last novel.
On Beliefnet, David Klinghoffer asks the provocative queation: Is Dan Brown Good for the Jews? He argues that Brown-style plots feed a culture that sees the world run by conspiracies. And in the past, Jews have been often unfairly targeted as the center of such conpiracies.
Variety says the new book is sure to lead to a movie, noting that  The Da Vinci Code grossed $758 million on screens worldwide in 2006, Now a nervous Vatican is braced for the sequel to The Da Vinci Code and the return of its nemesis, Dan Brown.The Vatican, concerned about how the Catholic Church is portrayed in Angels and Demons, is debating a response to the movie’s release. A strong condemnation or call for a boycott might simply boost interest in the movie, by giving it the “oxygen of publicity”.