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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:11:07 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> I haven't read any of these cultishly popular books, so I'm in no position
> to judge or make other comment, but what do Potter fans make of this:
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> http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/gma/goodmorningamerica/gma010320_potter_suit.html
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> An extremely odd coincidence, at any rate!
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> Dave!
I wouldn't call #1 best-sellers as cultish - fadish, perhaps.
The web site of the author of Larry Potter is extremely self-serving to say
the least (www.realmuggles.com), but she may have a trademark (not
copyright) case. The lawyers will have a field day, in any case. But then,
the ultimate in fantasy plaigarism is still around - Sword of Shanara, so
who knows.
Bruce
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| (...) I barely remember seeing this title once or twice. To what, more precisely, are you alluding to, Bruce? Just curious... -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I didn't mean it as insultingly as it probably came across. Think of it merely as an outsider's perception of an endlessly popular phenomenon. It's not a cult, obviously; I mean, it's not Pokemon, for pity's sake! 8^) (...) I know that none of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) There's an even worse "copy" of Lord of the Rings - The Iron Tower trilogy by Dennis L. McKiernan. It was explained to me once that this resulted from McKiernan having written a sequel to Lord of the Rings, and having it rejected as such, but (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| I haven't read any of these cultishly popular books, so I'm in no position to judge or make other comment, but what do Potter fans make of this: (URL) extremely odd coincidence, at any rate! Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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