I would love to see a study on the influence of Dan Brown books on the likelihood of readers to believe in (popular) conspiracy theories. Somewhere in the 90s I got a book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" from a friend who was into obscure conspiracy theories. It was a fun read, but in the end I took it more like a joke. Unlike my friend. Years ago, my SO came home with Browns "The Da Vinci Code" and…
> It was as if someone wrapped a cheap crime template around "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" and my SO loved it. This "cheap wrapping" makes me think of Atlas Shrugged. I read the book completely "blind" without foreknowledge of it or its author--recommended to me by a relative. Partway through…
…the public and weather [1]. These texts were always similar to real academic publications - footnotes, bibliographies, photos, graphs - they were very fun to read! He also turned me on to the book 'The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail' published 21 years before Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code', and before learning of the plagiarism lawsuit, it seemed like a fictionalized account of the book. Of course Dan Brown created a story outside…
我觉得《圣血与圣杯》（The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail）这本书，比丹·布朗的小说有趣多了，他的第一本畅销书的所有点子全是从这里抄来的。
I found the book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", from which he took all the ideas for his first bestseller, more interesting than his novel.
我真想看看关于丹·布朗的书对读者相信（主流）阴谋论的概率有何影响的研究。90年代那会儿，我从一个痴迷冷门阴谋论的朋友那儿拿到了《圣血与圣杯》这本书。读起来挺有意思的，但我最终把它当成个笑话看。我朋友可不这么想。几年前，我对象带着布朗的《达·芬奇密码》回家……
I would love to see a study on the influence of Dan Brown books on the likelihood of readers to believe in (popular) conspiracy theories. Somewhere in the 90s I got a book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" from a friend who was into obscure conspiracy theories. It was a fun read, but in the end I took it more like a joke. Unlike my friend. Years ago, my SO came home with Browns "The Da Vinci Code" and…
> 就好像有人给《圣血与圣杯》套了一层廉价的犯罪悬疑模板，偏偏我对象还爱得不行。这种“廉价外包装”让我想起了《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》。我是在完全“不知情”、对书和作者一无所知的情况下读的那本书——是一个亲戚推荐给我的。读到一半……
> It was as if someone wrapped a cheap crime template around "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" and my SO loved it. This "cheap wrapping" makes me think of Atlas Shrugged. I read the book completely "blind" without foreknowledge of it or its author--recommended to me by a relative. Partway through…
……公众与天气 [1]。这些文章总是看起来很像真正的学术出版物——有脚注、参考文献、照片、图表——读起来特别有意思！他还向我安利了《圣血与圣杯》这本书，出版时间比丹·布朗的《达·芬奇密码》早了21年，在得知抄袭诉讼之前，那小说看着就像是把这本书给虚构化了一样。当然丹·布朗在这些之外还构思了一个故事……
…the public and weather [1]. These texts were always similar to real academic publications - footnotes, bibliographies, photos, graphs - they were very fun to read! He also turned me on to the book 'The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail' published 21 years before Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code', and before learning of the plagiarism lawsuit, it seemed like a fictionalized account of the book. Of course Dan Brown created a story outside…