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Originally Posted by DNSB
The other item that was more my dislike than hers was the amount of jumping on the bandwagon though most of that was not plagiarism per se. Someone is getting popular writing about whatever so other authors jumped on the bandwagon in hopes of sharing that popularity...
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Originally Posted by Quoth
And Star Wars was a mash up of Dune & "The Hidden Fortress" (Japanese).
Magnificent Seven is Seven Samurai.
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There was a time when every first person shooter (even legendary ones like Star Wars: Dark Forces) was labelled a 'Doom clone' (nevermind the fact that Doom built on Wolfenstein 3D). Over time first person shooters became their own genre.
Same thing with Jim Dresden and Laurell K. Hamilton. I remember thinking Kim Harrison's books were clearly copycats. But now, urban fantasy is a whole thing. Not my cup of tea, but it is a popular genre.
Every superhero stems from Superman's popularity.
Bandwagon jumping is irritating at first, but it's part of the creative process.