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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:47:08 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> That's a possibility, but Rowling's failure (if that's what it is--no
> judgment has been made, of course!) to recall the source of her character's
> names doesn't excuse her from plagiarism. If I write about an inept wizzard
> (sic) named Rincewind, I'm still beholden to Pratchett even if I think I
> came up with it on my own!
Robert Asprin before Pratchett, and De Camp/Pratt (oooooo, Pratchett, what a
rip-off) before Asprin.
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> > NK Stouffer seems to have missed another 'infringement example' - that
> > second initial K...
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> They both stole it from Philip K Dick.
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> Dave!
Yes, but Dick doesn't relate to Castles. :-)
Bruce
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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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| (...) ***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)
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