tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12694343.post114816640590777755..comments2023-11-05T02:06:20.555-06:00Comments on Texas Oasis: Hidey Hoe Holy GrailBlueberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17357299403457746440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12694343.post-1148284929481406722006-05-22T03:02:00.000-05:002006-05-22T03:02:00.000-05:00What I think is remarkable is how many documentari...What I think is remarkable is how many documentaries the book has spawned and, of course, now the film. And just how many people who <I>don't</I> read books, don't even <I>like</I> or own books, have read Dan Brown's fiction and have read it as fact. <BR/><BR/>I've no desire to read the book or see the film, primarily because Dan Brown comes across as a conceited ass, but the original book from which Brown nabbed so many ideas has been proven to be full of bad detection work, dodgy hypotheses and outright lies and mistakes. <BR/><BR/>That's why I found the court case so funny. On one side, a fiction people mistake for fact; on the other side, a fiction purporting to be fact used as the basis for fiction. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com