In academia, seeing your research being published by someone else sucks, but the consolation prize is that you know you had the right instincts choosing what to research.

I was trying to figure out what this post had to do with Abbie Hoffman's '72 "Steal This Book", but I guess the answer is nothing whatsoever.

https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-TNlDHryRIk4DXKAU/Steal%20Thi...

Too bad he tossed it, it may not have done well but would have been an interesting read in anycase.

I personally know someone who was writing a thriller about "the Jesus bloodline" just before Dan Brown.

(In retrospect, I think that author had more respect for historical facts, but he wasn't so adept at writing a page-turner.)

that is some awesome work ethic

(2008)