[geeks] Goodbye, I guess

[Phil Stracchino]

Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 07:34:20PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>> I'm not really sure how close it is. Dan Brown's book "The DaVinci Code"
>> is based upon the difference between the Jerusalem Church and Pauline
>> Christianty, but IMHO that's like saying "Stranger in a Strange Land"
>> is based upon Apollo 11. 
> 
> Dan Brown's book "The DaVinci Code" was a blatant rip-off of "Holy Blood,
> Holy Grail", published in the early 80s.  He took their story and turned it
> into a fiction novel.

They sued him for plagiarism, and commented, "We don't understand how he
managed to steal almost all the facts from our book and STILL get it all
wrong."


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