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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:03:23 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Bruce writes:
> > > Sword of Shanara
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> Richard writes:
> > To what, more precisely, are you alluding to?
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> Ah, I see -- the Lord of the Rings, right? Since I haven't read either
> series I would be interested in the kinds of similarities that appear to
> exist in both works.
O' Mighty Tolkien! Who can stand in thy counsels?
Sword of Shanara? I don't recall that referenc in the Great Books, but I could
be wrong.
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> Just for extra fun, in what ways does the Lord of the Rings lift from
> Northern European mythology? I have heard that it does so quite
> extensively. Does that feel like plagarism, or does it feel like an
> appropriate mining of culturally relevant archetypes?
Entirely culturally revelvant.
> I am not exactly going to mount an argument in favor of plagarism, but I
> will say that there is nothing new under the sun...especially not with 5
> billion fairly creative creatures running around on earth at the present time.
Creativity is one thing...Harry vs. Larry Potter is quite another.
james
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| (...) Richard writes: (...) Ah, I see -- the Lord of the Rings, right? Since I haven't read either series I would be interested in the kinds of similarities that appear to exist in both works. Just for extra fun, in what ways does the Lord of the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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