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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 02:16:18 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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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!
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> I wouldn't call #1 best-sellers as cultish - fadish, perhaps.
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> 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.
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 the publisher liked the book - so,
McKiernan had to write the back story for his sequel... The Iron Tower
trilogy was MUCH more of a rip off than Sword of Shanara.
Frank
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| (...) I've had the pleasure of reading most of Dennis L. Mckiernan's entire line of books. And I find his writing to be dynamic, enthralling and among the best in the genre! He sites J.R.R. Tolken; among others, in his foreword as being "fine (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) There were very serious talks about his work becoming an official extension of Tolkien's work (anything is better than Christopher Tolkien out-Bilboing his father with meandering editing). So, yes, McKiernan's work was originally intended as a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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