Hey, at least I managed to finish The DaVinci Code. Wasn't overly impressed, I must admit. But then, with that much hype the Second Coming would seem overrated. I've looked at some of his other works, but have felt no particular interest in reading them.
BTW, dd you hear about him getting sued by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail for plagiarism?
I suspect that news has made it to the Oort Cloud by this time. :) Thing is, you cannot copyright an idea, merely an expression of that idea. Since I rather doubt he used extensive excerpts from their book, but merely wrote a mystery/adventure novel based on the idea, I wouldn't think they'd have much of a case. The suit works as a publicity stunt, but you'd think it would cost more than they can expect to clear from enhanced sales of their own book. Jealousy? Just goes to show, I guess, that if you've got a dubious but titilating theory, you'll get better sales if you make a thriller about it than if you issue it as non-fiction.
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Date: 2006-03-29 05:58 am (UTC)BTW, dd you hear about him getting sued by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail for plagiarism?
I suspect that news has made it to the Oort Cloud by this time. :) Thing is, you cannot copyright an idea, merely an expression of that idea. Since I rather doubt he used extensive excerpts from their book, but merely wrote a mystery/adventure novel based on the idea, I wouldn't think they'd have much of a case. The suit works as a publicity stunt, but you'd think it would cost more than they can expect to clear from enhanced sales of their own book. Jealousy? Just goes to show, I guess, that if you've got a dubious but titilating theory, you'll get better sales if you make a thriller about it than if you issue it as non-fiction.