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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
There's an argument to be made for that, but there a lot of differences. But a real treatise would involve me dragging boxes of comics out of the garage.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
For the record, I don't actually think this is the case. But Puffy Treat posted elsewhere that
quote:every comic book message board on the planet has at least seven frothing-at-the-mouth fans ranting about how "J.K. Rowling ripped off Books of Magic!!!1one!!!"...
and even though we aren't really a comic book message board, I thought it would be nice if we had one as well.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
No I definately got it Lisa, it was very considerate of you to normalize these forums with the frothing and the foaming and the unmitigated violence. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
<curtsey> I live to serve.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think that the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane is superior anyway.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
To which?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
He does have an owl and glasses. But he also has 4 doods teaching him about magic.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Feh. Young Wizards? Just a rip-off of Madeline L'Engle's Time Series! Because it just -IS-, that's why!!1one!!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think a lot of books that are sci-fi or fantasy that can appeal to children are influenced in some way or another by Madeliene L'Engle's Time series. That's one I don't think any author of young adult fantasy/sci-fi can deny now adays.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Feh. Young Wizards? Just a rip-off of Madeline L'Engle's Time Series! Because it just -IS-, that's why!!1one!!
Uh-huh. Much more likely the reverse.
Seriously, fantasy worlds that involve magic are going to have certain themes/motifs/techniques/etc. in common. Shared mythology, etc.
And if we're going to froth over all the worlds and mythologies Rowling has "borrowed" from, this could take a really long time. Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
They're a ripoff of other magic-based books because...
They have magic in them!!! I knew I could find a viable reason! Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Feh. Young Wizards? Just a rip-off of Madeline L'Engle's Time Series! Because it just -IS-, that's why!!1one!!
Uh-huh. Much more likely the reverse.
Two points:
1. I was kidding about thinking the Young Wizards series was a L'Engle rip-off. I was just giving my spoof of the typical irate response one sees on certain message boards when the Harry Potter/Books of Magic question comes up.
2. L'Engle's Time series began in 1962. Duane's Young Wizards series began in 1982. Thus, while I don't think it's a rip-off, I -do- think Duane may have drawn some inspiration from it and other sources. Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Obviously ripping off AndreNorton's WitchWorld series and JamesH.Schmitz Witches of Karres.
Heinlein's response on hearing of StarTrek tribbles extremely close resemblance to his RollingStones flatcats was something like: So what? If authors couldn't borrow from each other, nobody could write anything.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: L'Engle's Time series began in 1962. Duane's Young Wizards series began in 1982.
Pfft. Tesseract.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
It is all a ripoff of Dante's Inferno.
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Diane Duane's "so you want to be a wizard" still resonates with me, 20 years after I read it the first time. The second book was pretty rockin'. The third, mmm.....dunno.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I think that it's all a rip-off of the bible.
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