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Re: Harry Potter?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:59:12 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
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> > But the Iron Tower trilogy which was written to give the base series for
> > the later books to rest on had incredible correlation with Lord of the
> > Rings. It seemed like every major scene had a parallel in Lord of the
> > Rings.
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> > FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun
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> Brooks had scene-for-scene, character-for-character matches (in the same
> sequence as LOTR) - geez, a fellowship with four little guys, one dwarf, one
> elf, two men, and a wizard, for heaven's sake. He just added new names, and
> that was about it.
I just don't remember it being so bluntly obvious as the Iron Tower
trilogy was. Perhaps there was some difference in frame of mind when I
read them (but note that I did read the Iron Tower trilogy much later
than I did Sword of Shanara, and had in any case read LOTR first).
Perhaps one factor was a higher degree of similarity in names.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Brooks had scene-for-scene, character-for-character matches (in the same sequence as LOTR) - geez, a fellowship with four little guys, one dwarf, one elf, two men, and a wizard, for heaven's sake. He just added new names, and that was about (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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