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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at ...> 
wrote:

> <snip>What's that?  You want something substantial to discuss?  OK, 
do you 
> think the popularity of DVC is for similar reasons to HP?

Funny how this ties in with everything that's going on here. My 
twelve year old's fascination with HP has been waning (whether it is 
due to the quality of the writing or the length of time between 
books, I'm not sure), so I suggested that he try out the DaVinci 
Code.  He's mature enough to deal with the sex and level-headed 
enough to work out the religious stuff on his own, so I thought he 
should give it a shot.

Well, he loved it, and I have to believe it is because of the same 
things that he so loved about HP, only moreso. The intrigue, the 
characters who are not what they seem, and the wonderfully 
infuriating code-breaking! What more could an HP fan ask for? Granted 
the "magical" world is missing, but the mysteriously clandestine 
world of Opus Dei is a great stand-in. He's now making his way 
through DVC's predecessor, Angels and Demons.

And, to answer your question on another level: yes, DVC's popularity 
has probably benefited greatly from the publicity generated by 
Christian protestations of blasphemy, as has HP.

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