its fiction, with true descriptions of places, art & architecture. the author himself said that it was fiction, & the only reason ppl think its true is coz the catholic church reacted so much to it that ppl thought they were overreacting coz they were hiding something... having sed that, i think there is an element of truth in it... eg. the religions described... the ppl in history are mostly true, I THINK ITS A RETELLING OF ANOTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS BELIEFS. ITS LIKE WRITEING OUT A DRAMATIZED VERSION OF AN ANCIENT MYTH (eg ISIS & SETH) BEING REDISCOVERED BY MODERN PPL.
DID U NO: opus dei inquiries to join have gone up from 3 a month to over 50 per month since the book.
2006-11-03 22:09:41
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answered by Anonymous
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The Da Vinci Code--
The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday.
The novel is based on the controversial premise that there is a conspiracy within the Roman Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus. According to this premise, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power.
Dan Brown's novel was a smash hit in 2003, even rivaling the sales of the highly popular Harry Potter series [1]. It spawned a number of offspring books and drew glowing reviews from the New York Times, People Magazine and the Washington Post [2]. It also re-ignited interest in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. As well as re-invigorating interest in the church, The Da Vinci Code has also spawned numerous "knockoffs" (as they are referred to by Publishers Weekly) [3], or novels that have a striking resemblance to The Da Vinci Code, including Raymond Khoury's The Last Templar, and The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry.
It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eighth best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being Brown's 2000 novel Angels and Demons. In November 2004, Random House published a "Special Illustrated Edition", with 160 illustrations interspersed with the text.
In 2006, a film adaptation, The Da Vinci Code, was released by Columbia Pictures.
2006-11-04 06:06:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes I have read the Da Vinci Code. Though it is fiction the author has tried to convey that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had a family. That is the basis and central theme of the book. This controversy has been there for years and I have read other fiction having similiar theme.
Due to the publicity given to this book, the controversy is therefore much greater.
2006-11-04 06:18:03
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answered by amodgrover 1
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well it is a fiction novel but it has truths in it but most of the time it is more of a maybe! the point of the book is to open your mind to the chance and get you talking and reflecting on what you know about that subject but there is no proof either way so you decide what you believe.
2006-11-04 06:11:12
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answered by vanessa09050 1
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It's fiction it says so at the back and inside where they have the publisher note. It's a good adventure but it's so called message isn't anything to take to the heart.
2006-11-04 11:15:27
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answered by Padmini 1
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yes. the book is a fiction, but the places are true. the parts of fiction are various events that take place.
2006-11-04 06:32:39
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answered by Charu Chandra Goel 5
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Yes, it is pseudo scientific drek. I only read it because I knew that friends wanted to see the movie. Had I not read it I would not have known about anything that was going on in the movie. It was the most compressed, condensed, thing I have ever seen on the screen; little better than a trailer.
2006-11-04 06:07:37
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answered by Anonymous
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It is a fiction with actual references and sources
2006-11-04 09:06:18
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answered by fabee 6
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well, it is fiction, since no robert Langdon exists, and no actual murder took place in the Lourve. a lot of books use religious context in their books, but the people it's about are always fictional.
2006-11-04 06:06:37
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answered by nashpaty 3
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Yes, it is fiction. Just a story.
2006-11-04 05:56:46
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answered by Lydia 7
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