Why Fuss About "The Da Vinci Code"? It's just fiction!

Well, no, not according to the author...

Via Michael Whitecraft:

“I wanted to write a book that while it entertained at the same time, you close that last page and go ‘Wow, do you know how much I just learned? That’s fascinating.’ That is really what I set out to do.” - Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, from an interview in Chronicle