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  • #51
    Both Amazon and B&N online have it filed under fiction.

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    • #52
      Originally posted by dusken
      I read the thread, boy.

      Point 1: It does not matter how it is filed. It is a book of fiction. It was the authors intent to write fiction.

      Point 2: I purchased this book from Borders from the "New Fiction" section and I purchased "Angels and Demons" from the fiction section.

      Point 3: It still does not matter. It is a novel that can be enjoyable if you accept it as a novel.
      Yes, i agree with your last point, infact the novel was exceptionally well written and very interesting. I had lots of fun reading it. and, im going to take a picture of the book in the "non-fiction" section at barnes and noble, and show it if they let me.. I hope that the writers intent was fiction.. if not. then.. all i would be able to do is laugh
      How do you hurt a masochist?
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      • #53
        Do you guys know what fiction is?!? The Da Vinci Code is fiction. Period. Also, I see many bookstores misplacing books in wrong categories. Doesn't mean they're the book-sorting Gods..

        From Dan Brown's website:

        HOW MUCH OF THIS NOVEL IS TRUE?
        The Da Vinci Code is a novel and therefore a work of fiction. While the book's characters and their actions are obviously not real, the artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals depicted in this novel all exist (for example, Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings, the Louvre pyramid, the Gnostic Gospels, Hieros Gamos, etc.). These real elements are interpretted and debated by fictional characters. While it is my belief that the theories discussed by these characters have merit, each individual reader must explore these characters' viewpoints and come to his or her own interpretations. My hope in writing this novel was that the story would serve as a catalyst and a springboard for people to discuss the important topics of faith, religion, and history.
        Page not found - Dan Brown
        http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/faqs.html
        Last edited by Darorinag; 07-30-2004, 03:51 PM.

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        • #54
          Originally posted by gevo
          Yes, i agree with your last point, infact the novel was exceptionally well written and very interesting. I had lots of fun reading it. and, im going to take a picture of the book in the "non-fiction" section at barnes and noble, and show it if they let me.. I hope that the writers intent was fiction.. if not. then.. all i would be able to do is laugh

          You hope? Please, find a Harvard professor named Robert Langdon who has gone through these adventures.

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          • #55
            Fiction yes, but let's not lose sight of this fact: "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."

            The story is fiction. But that doesn't mean everything the author says is made up

            Either way, it's an excellent book.
            this post = teh win.

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            • #56
              No, I never claimed it was. But when the characters are fictional, it's a fictional work. For example, writing a war novel, with fictional characters (and maybe a few non-fictional characters) and non-fictional events doesn't make it non-fictional (e.g: Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy).

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              • #57
                Originally posted by Seapahn
                Fiction yes, but let's not lose sight of this fact: "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."

                The story is fiction. But that doesn't mean everything the author says is made up
                Why are you laughing?

                The story is not real. Therefore certain ideas need to be made hypothetical in order for it to be a fictional adventure that cannot happen. Notice how the reader was allowed to partake in all of these things and all of this information that is supposedly a big secret. Well obviously, it is either not a secret or it is fudged. This is painfully obvious.

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                • #58
                  Well.. How much of it is true then.. i didnt beleive it was non-fiction, as i have said.. so.. how much of it is true, how much of the ceromonies, architecture, tombs, nights templar, priory of sion, opus dei.. etc.. how much of it is true??? and.. what of this idea that is presented throughout the book, "The descendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene still survive, a male, female sister, and one of there parents. There identity is protected by the priory of sion and has been changed and there health preserved through them.",, now, how are readers to seperate this, from the non-fiction part of the story?
                  How do you hurt a masochist?
                  -By leaving him alone.Forever.

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                  • #59
                    Originally posted by dusken
                    Why are you laughing?
                    Because some of those lobbying us to place this work on our fiction shelves seem to have a parallel agenda of dismissing everything brown says as "false". Obviously the former has nothing to do with the latter.
                    this post = teh win.

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                    • #60
                      Who do you mean, Seapahn? If you're talking about me, I'm not saying everything he's written is false.. just that it's a fictional work (albeit it has some non-fictional elements).

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