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Re: Plagarism in Fantasy Novels? (was Re: Harry Potter?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:19:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > I highly recommend Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain (which, like
> > Tolkein, is inspired in part by the Mabingion) which I would rate above
> > Narnia, and perhaps The Hobbit. I wouldn't rate Harry Potter as the best,
> > but I thought the various novels enjoyable.
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> I think that I've agreed with you about Prydain here in the past, but I just
> can't let an opportunity pass unanswered. Alexander's Prydain books are just
> about the best fantasy fiction that I've ever read. I read it all as a kid and
> I happen to think that The Hobbit is OK (certainly better than LOTR), Narnia is
> OK (though I can't get into it like I did when I was five), Harry Potter is
> better than either (which must be why people from about age three all the way
> up like it a great deal), but above all of that Prydain just Rocks. If you
> don't want to buy the whole boxed set, just get The Book of Three and you'll be
> hooked.
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> Chris
Oh alright. I agree: written for "young people" or not, the Prydain books
are amongst the elite of fantasy fiction. Certainly the best written, for
me. I read them as an adult, simultaneously with Eddison's first series. I
broke with a long tradition of cats being named after hobbits to name the
latest Fflewddur (dogs are named after Dwarves, and birds are named after
wizards).
Bruce
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