I'd never heard of the Voynich manuscript until someone mentioned it in a thread on Gaf a few months ago.
From there, I had a real life friend (who is not a gaf member) approach me and begin to speak to me about it
today on the bus, i started reading "Guaranteed Not To Turn Pink In the Can" by Thomas R Dulski which deals heavily with it.
What's caused this subconscious societal permeation of this obscure text?
http://www.voynich.nu/ for more on the voynich manuscript
http://www.analogsf.com/0804/can.shtml for an excerpt of the story referenced above.
and a blog devoted to voynich and other works
http://voynichnews.blogspot.com/
