Steve Bennett stated for the record:
On 11/24/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
I remember reading about 666, the Number of the Beast, in some book or another in the fifties, and thinking that was an interesting bit
[[The Number of the Beast (novel)]], by Heinlein?
If he was reading a book published in 1980 in the fifties, he's wasting his time writing for Wikipedia. All his good stuff will be deleted as either WP:OR or WP:CRYSTAL.