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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Blatant rip-off is somewhat extreme. Did he use certain plot conventions from LOTR? Sure, so have most of the high fantasy books since the 70's. It became a whole sub-genre for a while.
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There is, however, a significant difference between "using certain plot conventions", and using the same story, point for point, which is what Brooks did. I read "The Sword of Shannara" soon after it first came out in 1977, and even I, as a teenager, instantly recognised that it was a rip-off of LOTR. It really is that blatant, to my mind.