tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post740837743791777542..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Privatising imaginationAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-78438761351093487922010-11-23T09:33:49.707+01:002010-11-23T09:33:49.707+01:00Philippa - I thought about the Da Vinci Code and t...Philippa - I thought about the Da Vinci Code and the curiously still popular walking tours in the city, but decided that it was different. In that book, Dan Brown just took some of the most well known sites and spun a fairy tale between them. You get the feeling that he has never even visited the city in his life.<br /><br />A more interesting example perhaps is Victor Hugo's 'Notre Dame Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-536850781719274562010-11-23T03:06:39.648+01:002010-11-23T03:06:39.648+01:00Most readers can distinguish between the Paris of ...Most readers can distinguish between the Paris of fiction and the Paris of real life. But some cannot. Just consider the people who come to Paris to find the bits that Dan Brown wrote about in the "Da Vinci Code." For them, what is written in a book -- even a novel -- is quite real. This is the difficulty of fundamentalism. Fundamentalists think that if it is written in a sacred book, Philippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087019502579875572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-87878066157696648302010-11-22T12:14:20.557+01:002010-11-22T12:14:20.557+01:00Je n'ai pas très bien compris la position pour...Je n'ai pas très bien compris la position pour ou contre la décision du "President of the Communist group on the Paris City council". Ce n'est pas grave. J'imagine que le marché St Pierre va passer à la postérité pour avoir été dans des romans de même que le pont neuf, le génie de la Bastille etc etc... <br />Il n'est qu'à voir la publicité que le Da Vinci Code a Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-25399197613066511382010-11-22T12:14:09.818+01:002010-11-22T12:14:09.818+01:00Wow, good to hear about the verdict. Great post. A...Wow, good to hear about the verdict. Great post. As a fiction writer who uses places both real and imagined, it's good to know the courts can't yet legislate imagination.paris (im)perfecthttp://parisimperfect.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-48972346478860616052010-11-22T05:54:50.944+01:002010-11-22T05:54:50.944+01:00It seems that the store would benefit from the pub...It seems that the store would benefit from the publicity, unless it is cast in a negative light. I would hesitate to voice an opinion without knowing how the store was portrayed.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-33124908785651127842010-11-22T05:08:36.724+01:002010-11-22T05:08:36.724+01:00The trial itself seems out of a good mystery, by C...The trial itself seems out of a good mystery, by Cara Black or Lalie Walker. Cheers on the win.Quicksilver Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15296778995593726157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-637962446052336342010-11-22T02:03:19.654+01:002010-11-22T02:03:19.654+01:00Glad to hear it, Adam and great post!
CaraGlad to hear it, Adam and great post! <br />CaraCarahttp://www.carablack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-69523579252593517662010-11-22T00:32:01.207+01:002010-11-22T00:32:01.207+01:00Kudos to the Paris courts and judges for getting t...Kudos to the Paris courts and judges for getting this right!ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com