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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 04:30:40 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > 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.
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 humor (if such his "writing" may be called (and if you can get past
the adolescent sexism)). I don't see Pratchett as beholden to Asprin or
Anthony, since Pratchett's style of humo(u)r is so markedly different from
either of them. Douglas Adams is the commonly-cited predecessor of Pratchett,
of course, but even that is flawed if one chooses to distinguish satire from
farce (not that there's anything wrong with farce!).
Dave!
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| (...) 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 (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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