Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing Random House, Inc., alleging that Dan Brown "appropriated the architecture" of their 1982 non-fiction book, "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail".
Since the lawsuit began, "The Davinci Code" and "The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail" have both been selling like crazy. Even if Baigent and Leigh loose the case, their sales have more than made them happy, and if they win the case, well Random House is the publisher of BOTH books, so they haven't lost much either.
In fact, I fear that they are producing a string of similar books, all able to sue and be sued by each other as long as the sales continue.
Here are some examples:
"The DaVinci Cold" A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--The Black Plague can be traced back to a resporatory infection of Leonardo DaVinci. DaVinci's brilliance allowed him to understand DNA sequencing, and create the first WMD. The secret organization is keeping hidden other scientific discoveries of Leonardo's that the world isn't ready for yet. The Surprise Twist? Leonardo DaVinci created the Internet.
"The Dos Vino Code" A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--The last container of wine that Jesus created from water is still in existance, and offers wonderous powers to any who imbibe it. The Surprise Twist? It taste like Mogan David.
"The DaVinci Mold" A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--the religious importance of Jello through time, including its connection between Mary's viginity and modern secret LDS cults. The Surprise Twist? Jesus loved Lime Jello. Oh, wait, that's not much of a surprise for some of you, is it.
"The Leonardo Code" A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--they communicate thier demonic plans through the use of 80's Saturday Morning Cartoons--the Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles is their most succesful communication system. The Surprise Twist? The Smurfs were not designed as a brain washing/mind killing show. They just worked out that way.
"The DaVinci Toad" A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--that the ritualistic disection of 1 billion amphibians will result in the end of the world. We are getting closer to that horrendous goal with each 7th grade bio-class. The Surprise Twist? Kermit was created by the good-guys as a way to delay the coming apocalypse.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*snorting wine on screen in effort not to LOL*
Ah, never mind . . .
LOL.
Nice, Dan!
*grin*
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Oh, Smurfs. You're just so cool.
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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The DaVinci Combed A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--besides sight to the blind and health to the sick, Jesus's other miracles, hair to the bald, were kept out of the bible by this bunch of follicaly over-endowed Samson-styled church elders. The Templars, so called in truth because each was a bald as the Temple Dome, have been fighting this group of hair-lovers for centuries. The Secret Twist--Peter Suffered from Male Pattern Baldness until Jesus pat him on the head.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
It's too bad Donald Trump wasn't around back then.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Dan, what we do with you? lol!
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
This thread has made me never want to read that book. I didn't want to anyway, but this thread has inforced it. Thanks for that.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The DaVinci Co-eds, Gone Wild A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--which can not be presented on this family forum. The Surprise Twist involves identical twin sorority sisters, a truck load of banana pudding and a spatula.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
The DaVinci Lode : Dan Raven, you tell me the what the historian and pretty aristocrat uncover.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Dan, you just crack me up sometimes.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
The DaVinci Mowed: A historian and pretty female aristocrat stumble across a secret organization covering up the truth--One of Jesus's lesser known miracles, the growing of St. Augustine grass (so named for Saint Augustine of Hippo who escaped from the Jeruselum Zoo and began the Restoration movement) was deleted from the Bible by a bunch of organic fertilizing tree-huggers. The Templars, who started as a group of people who just wanted nice front lawns, have been fighting these environmentalists for centuries. Leonardo DaVinci, using his great alchemy skills, created fertilizer capable of keeping the grass greener on both sides. Unfortunately, due to the success of the conservationists, we do not have access to that technology, much like the other hidden works by DaVinci. The Secret Twist--John Deere was a direct descendant of John the Baptist.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The DaVinci Codpiece: The secret to Leonardo's alchemy machine is stored in an ... unsavory ... place.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Uprooted--the search for Jesus's diaper. The surprise twist, it doesn't stink. In fact, it smells of eldeberries.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
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