رسميا .. أصبح دان براون هو الروائى المفضل لى
رواية فيها رومانسية . خطر . إثارة . و مغامرة رائعة كعادته
و الأشخاص بتتكشف بطرق فظيعة .. و كنت بحس بالتوتر بيزيد مع كل صفحة
هى عبارة عن مركز الأمن القومى فى أمريكا عندما تتم محاولات اختراقه
رااااائعة .. و فعلا من أروع ما قرأت
أنا أحترم هذا الرجل !!

Officially Dan brown is my favorite author now!
the novel has got it all, danger, romance, excitement, and a great adventure as always
the revealing of each character's role & plot is amazing and the tension gets bigger
with every page.
it's an adventure inside on of the most secure places for national safety in the USA
and it's being hacked!
magnificent and you can't expect any thine less from this man.

اول مرة الرواية اتنشرت كانت 1998
فل
عادي ايه المشكلة

لا ابدا مفيش مشاكل
المشكلة البسيطة
انه بيتكلم ف تقنيات في الانترنت
وفي شغل برمجة واخترقات وشفرات
وجو الكتروني يحسسك اننا بنتعامل مع جهاز الكمبيوتير
كانه رايو وتلفزيون

انا اتقفلت وانا بقرأ الرواية دي كذا مرة
انا مش فاهم
الراجل بيقول كلام مهم وواضح هو عارف بيتكلم كويس عن ايه

لان دان براون مش بيكتب علشان اكل العيش صعب
الراجل بيكتب وبيعمل ابحاث مطولة بالسنين
طيب بالنسبة للرواية دي
عن الانترنت ف سنة 1998
ايه بقي؟

خدعة لطيفة جننتي ف نهاية الرواية وخلاص والدينا تمام وكل واحد عرف راسه من رجله

يقوم يا مؤمن ف اخر صفحة

يحطلك هدية لطيفة

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شفرة ليك
انا واحد صحبي فضلنا فترة بنحاول نفهم الدينا
ف الاخر الواد اقنعني قالي افرض اننا فضلنا عاملين نهاتي
وبنحال نحلها
وف الاخر
تطلع

تمت بحمد الله
ايه شعورك

: )

اكتشتفت دلوقتي ازاي بتتحل وانا بدور عليها
الحل كان بسيط والله
يلا ما علينا
رواية لهواة الشبكات والانترنت والهاكرز
وكل الناس اللي بتدور علي بعضها
دان براون بيتك علي الجرح هنا

Ingeniously written. Dan Brown is GOAT!

I enjoyed this story even though its more movie(ish) than book(ish). Meaning it has non-stop action and suspense with little character development. It's categorized as a technothriller and I suppose it does edge into the category, although I'd lump it in with the suspense trope.

For a first novel, written in 1998, by a non-technical person, it managed to hold me captivated 25 years later even through some outdated tech. I'd rate it between 3 and 4 stars but I'm going to mark it 4 to give credit to a well done first novel.

Brown's techno thriller that explores the relationship between the masses and the agencies and corporations that amass and store data on us as individuals - and it's impact on civil liberties.
Another monstrous global best seller who's books compose of the perfect storm of compelling story, weak writing, controversial subjects and pissing off the literati! Better than The Da Vinci Code in my opinion :) 7 out of 12.
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(tiếng Việt)
Cuốn sách đầu tiên mình đọc của Dan Brown, và phải nói thật mình thích cách tác giả xử lý cuốn này hơn "Biểu tượng thất truyền".

Về lượng kiến thức, tất nhiên Pháo đài số không dồi dào bằng Biểu tượng thất truyền, nhưng như thế có khi lại dễ tiếp cận hơn bởi những bạn không có hứng thú với thể loại kiến thức hàn lâm. Pháo đài số sử dụng kiến thức thực tiễn nhiều hơn như giải mật mã dạng code, sử dụng công nghệ, virus,.. dễ hiểu và dễ hình dung.

Về mạch truyện, Pháo đài số có diễn biến nhanh và hấp dẫn nên dù dài vẫn khiến mình đọc liên tục được. Cũng lắt léo, dẫn dắt đủ đường rồi mới tiến tới một cái kết (không quá xuất sắc), quả đúng kiểu kể chuyện của Dan Brown! Lý giải của ông trong cuốn sách này khá hợp lý và chấp nhận được, nhưng cũng phải thú thật còn nhiều chỗ hơi hụt hẫng.

Ít ra thì các nhân vật đã khiến cho mình phải suy nghĩ khá nhiều. Pháo đài số được kể làm sao cho sự thật về các nhân vật phải đến tận cùng mới được hé lộ, mình có đoán cũng trật lất! Quan trọng nhất là ai tốt, ai xấu và cái gì đúng, cái gì sai thì thật không đoán được vì cốt truyện cứ thay đổi liên tục như đã nói ở trên! Mặc dù nhân vật cũng chẳng có chiều sâu và chẳng có điều gì quá đặc sắc nhưng chí ít cũng khiến mình phải hoang mang - cảm giác cần thiết khi đọc một cuốn Trinh thám/Bí ẩn đấy!

Rất khuyên các bạn đọc cuốn sách này nếu không thích kiểu sách hàn lâm nặng kiến thức như Mật mã Da Vinci hay Biểu tượng thất truyền!

(english) quick thoughts: i have no idea why i read this before Brown's other highly acclaimed books but it's fine

this is a fine book although not too great. it has a tendency to keep me excited nontheless. i love the fact that there exists codes and clues for normal people like me to try to guess. i only got one right tho


it was a fine read.

Un 1 porque sobran páginas, un 1 por el abuso de clichés, un 1 por los personajes tan planos y estereotipados, un 1 por el desenlace tan previsible, un 1 por no haberse documentado y soltar lo primero que se le ocurrió, un 1 por los aires de superioridad y pedantería del escritor y resultar tan ofensivo sin venir a cuento, un 1 por no aportar nada,... Un 1 por todo lo que se pueda valorar en un libro.
En su biografía, se dice que estudió en España, ¡venga ya!
El libro es un insulto sin base alguna hacia nuestro sistema sanitario, infraestructuras y tecnología, inteligencia de los españoles, creencias, cultura,... Si tan atrasada estaba España en los años de estudiante del escritor, ¿por qué se pasó un año entero estudiando aquí? ¿Por qué no eligió un país menos "tercermundista"?
Libro totalmente prescindible.

Digital Fortress is the first book Dan Brown published, and it's the last of his that I read. I am now up to date and awaiting whatever comes next (outside his newer children's release). I enjoy thrillers and suspense novels, but I haven't figured out my favorite authors in this genre yet. I'm determined to make that a 2021 reading goal. Before I head there, let's chat about this book.

Published in 1998, the key thing readers must remember is that if you're devouring it now, remember how much technology and security has changed in the last two decades. Much of the theory and approach is different today, and while you don't need to understand technology to enjoy the book, it helps... and if you know a bit about it (I work in the field), you will feel a different connection. I admit fully, it was a little too technical at times... not that I didn't understand it, but I couldn't focus on the story.

Overall, the plot is intriguing. A man dies, he threatened to reveal all the US secrets from the NSA site. He had a virus and an unbreakable code. What that actually means is very different from what we come to learn in the book. I was excited to solve the very last puzzle and work out the answer on my own... so that was a nice ending.

The main character is a female technologist working for a male head of the NSA (okay two male heads, one is African American, one is Caucasian). So, right from the beginning, I was glad to see the diversity and that it was somewhat ahead of its times. Nonetheless, she is engaged and her husband-to-be is involved in the plot. A few trips through Europe, a political nightmare, and lots of fiery explosions. And some murders too!

I'll go with a 3.5 rounded up here. Mostly, the plot is stretched. There is no reason the main character's fiancé needed to be the one to go to Spain. It felt like a plot device... which I don't mind, if he truly was qualified and we got to know him more. That said, I felt like we got to know him better than the main character too. She was smart and highly qualified, and she kicked butt several times, but I knew nothing about her personally. I felt a bit too distanced.

The villain dies immediately. Or one of them. So that was a different experience. But all the engaging, quick dialog and action scenes are spot on. It shows why he evolved into a great writer.
Of all his books, probably in the bottom half of my faves... but still one to read if you like these types of novels. It will pull you in.

This is one of the two stand alone novels authored by Dan Brown; other being the Deception Point. Both are of the science fiction genre. But no matter on what genre Dan Brown writes, one thing you can be certain to find; and that is the use of codes and puzzles.
With his unique use of codes and puzzles he creates a wonderful mystery, where the reader is taken on a suspenseful journey. I have always loved Dan's ability in keeping the reader on the edge and making him too run against the time to solve the puzzles and unveil the mystery.
In addition to mystery and suspense there was a sweet love story too, which I think was a bonus. :)

I work in the Information Technology field so relating to this book was easy for me. I don’t know anything about NSA (National Security Agency) and how they operate but I know stuff like encryption, algorithm, anagram, computer virus, code-breaking, etc. So, this book glued me from start to finish. My officemate has been telling me that this is his favorite Dan Brown book. He said that since I’ve read all his 4 other novels, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception Point (all 3 stars, i.e., I liked them!) and The Lost Symbol (2 stars, i.e., It’s okay!) and I am glad that I finally read this book. Hurray, I am now a Dan Brown completist!

I liked the story. NSA has a program that can track personal conversations around the world. One employee gets angry so he becomes a whistleblower. NSA hires a pretty detective (not yet Robert Langdon since this is Dan Brown’s first novel) and she is so hot most of the male characters in this book lust for her. This lust for her body and for power (as usual) basically becomes the driving force for all these men to outwit or kill each other or even themselves. The plot is a little overpopulated by characters and the twists are a bit too many to become coincidental. However, this is Dan Brown’s first novel so they are expected. Just like any other first time novelists, Brown was trying to prove that he could intricately weave a suspenseful yet unbelievable plot.

Wikipedia says that this book was based on real-life incident in cryptography. The story seems to tell me that Dan Brown not only did his thorough research on the topic but was also able to anticipate what NSA would do. He was a step ahead of NSA or maybe the NSA was influenced by the book. This one was not coincidence, I think. Or maybe Dan Brown was clever enough to befriend an insider in NSA. I just did not have any idea how a novelist could have access to NSA. Or maybe I am reading too many suspense-thriller books (Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, John Grisham, etc) that my rational thinking is now tainted with all these far-fetched possibilities or thoughts.

Dan Brown was born on the same year I was, i.e., 1964. His books have been translated in many languages and stayed in New York’s Bestsellers’ List and adapted into big movie blockbusters. Wimps cannot do just those. I like Dan Brown definitely not for his literary prowess, i.e., his writing is ordinary, but for his imagination and the efforts that he put in his research. He just does not sit down and types away his thoughts. He backs those up with facts. He goes to the museums in Paris or Capital Building, looks up on all the writings or symbols on the wall, paintings, towers. He reads history and current events and incorporates those to his plot. So, let’s spare this guy from our senseless tirades. We just cannot ignore the fact that he knows his trade. His books deserve to be read. His efforts deserve to be appreciated.

Digital Fortress is an early Dan Brown thriller novel from 1998, before the fame of Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code a few years later. The story follows NSA cryptographer Susan Fletcher and her boss Trevor Strathmore as they try to unravel the mystery of a new encryption algorithm called Digital Fortress that is apparently unbreakable, even with the NSA's most powerful code-breaking supercomputer, TRANSLTR. There's a murder, and a danger-filled trek across the globe to try to obtain the pass-key to decode Digital Fortress, and it's not too bad, though very predictable.

Susan's fiancé professor David Becker is obviously the early prototype for Brown's most famous protagonist, Robert Langdon, being almost an exact copy as an unsuspecting university professor who is thrown against his will across the world on crazy and dangerous adventures. Both the protagonist and the basic plot of every Robert Langdon book share a number of similarities with Digital Fortress, so one thing I've learned from this book is that Brown's works are really formulaic, similar to Dean Koontz. Also I don't know if this is just my edition or not (I have the edition pictured, with the green cover and image of the eyes at the top), but the editing in this book is some of the worst I've ever seen. There are so many missing words, sentences that start with lowercase letters, misspellings, etc, that it almost seems like this book wasn't edited at all.

Issues aside, though, Digital Fortress isn't actually that bad. It drags at times, and it's so predictable I was able to guess what the answer to the major puzzle of the book was, a few pages before the characters figured it out, but it has its moments. I wouldn't recommend it, per se, but it's a decent read.

3.5 stars

كنت قد شاهدت فيلم شيفرة دافنشي قبل عدة سنوات ولكن الحصن الرقمي هي اول عمل اقوم بقرائته لدان براون. رواية مشوقة وتعالج قضية مهمة جدا وهي قضية العلاقة بين الخصوصية الفردية وامن الجماعة. من الغريب جدا ان الرواية لم يصور فيلم عنها للآن مع انها كاتبها جعل قرائتها اقرب ما تكون من مشاهدة فيلم مشوق! اعتقد انني سأقرأ جميع اعمال براون