 | | Re: Harry Potter? —Dave Schuler
| | | | (...) ***snip of characteristics entirely generic to the fantasy genre*** Yeah, those are some far-fetched claims, to be sure. But at issue, according to the ABC article, is the undeniably similar proper names in the two series rather than broad "I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter? —Mark James
| | | | | | (...) JK Rowling is the highest-earning woman in the UK, with projected earnings of something *mad* like £170m (US$250m-ish) over the next three years from films, toy licencing, some weird fizzy pop tie-in and, um, oh yes - 'book sales'. She can (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter? —Dave Schuler
| | | | | | | (...) Maybe US$10m, but if her whole empire is based on a stolen premise (again, I'm not saying that it is), her whole empire belongs to the person she stole it from, even if she doesn't "remember" stealing it! Dave! (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter? —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) Robert Asprin before Pratchett, and De Camp/Pratt (oooooo, Pratchett, what a rip-off) before Asprin. (...) Yes, but Dick doesn't relate to Castles. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter? —Dave Schuler
| | | | | | (...) Au, contraire! "Man in the High Castle" won him the Hugo in the early 60's (though admittedly it was a different kind of castle...) Dave! (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter? —Dave Schuler
| | | | | (...) I haven't read De Camp or Pratt, but I've read half a dozen books by Aspirin, and I'm not sure a meaningful lineage can be cited. One might also bring up the egotist (excuse me, of course I mean "writer") Piers Anthony as an equal source of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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