The Davinci Code

[Crimson]

I just finished reading The Davinci Code by Dan Brown the other day now tha tit's out in paperback. It's a very good book and, as far as I can tell from memory, well researched. It's not as 'heathenistic' as some people are saying but I can see how some people would be offended... especially the strictly devout.

All in all.. a definate recommend as long as you're not easily offended and can remember that this book, while containing some facts, is largely a work of fiction. I enjoyed it so much I just picked up another of Dan Brown's books called 'Angels and Demons'.

[wittzo]

I read "The Da Vinci Code" and then I read "Angels and Demons". You're not lost if you read Da Vinci before Angels, they aren't involved that much with each other.

I'm now reading another Dan Brown book, "Deception Point". It has nothing to do with history or religion, it's a political/techno thriller. It's not as boring as Tom Clancy's stuff and I like it better.

Hopefully those English guys suing Brown for plagiarism won't slow the release of the movie, though I'm probably going to be really dissapointed in it. Tom Hanks' hair has already spoiled it.

[Crimson]

Yeah, I want to see the movie too. That's actually why I read the book.

I don't have a link for it, sadly, but I read somewhere yesterday that someone is suing him because he plagiarized the /bible./ Does someone actually own a copyright on the bible? That's insane.

[wittzo]

I would check on this some more before you repeat it as the truth, it's coming from a not-so-safe-for-work humor site from Canada.

As far as I know, the Bible is public domain. Brown could be sued in countries that don't have free speech, if the lawyers and judge is greedy enough.

www.thetoque.com/religion/20060407/davinci_code_author_dan_brown_faces_second_lawsuit.html

DaVinci Code Author Faces Second Lawsuit
Jesus Christ Character May Have Been Taken Directly From The Bible


Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code apparently has characters that were pulled directly from the Holy Bible.

GREAT BRITAIN-- Author Dan Brown may have won his first battle against plagiarism, but the popular fiction writer will have to find a solution to a second legal puzzle, as he is being sued again--this time by a delegation of Christian publishers who are alleging that he borrowed ideas directly from The Holy Bible.

Brown, whose widely popular novel The DaVinci Code has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, is scheduled to be in court to defend his book against allegations that central theories were lifted directly from "The Good Book."

Although Brown was cleared of accusations of plagiarism by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, he is now being accused of stealing plot elements from the biggest book of them all, and that his references to Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were lifted from the sacred texts of the Bible.

The suit claims that Brown took most of his ideas straight from the holy Bible, which some say was published before The Davinci Code.

The DaVinci Code, a controversial religious murder mystery, still remains high on best-seller lists three years after publication, and the film version starring Tom Hanks is slated for a May 19 release.

Brown has acknowledged that he read chapters of the Bible while researching The DaVinci Code, but said he also used many other books and hundreds of documents, and that the Bible was not crucial to his work.

"Not crucial my Sweet Sunday a--," replied one lawyer for the Christian Publishers. "If you read the Bible, which I suggest you do, and then you read The DaVinci Code, you will realize that all of the religious references are taken directly from the Lord's book. In fact, without the Bible, there could be no The DaVinci Code."

Brown's written response to the public was too cryptic to understand, but a team of scholars suggests that it might be a clue to the whereabouts of Leonardo DaVinci's long lost pencil sharpener.