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Originally Posted by Sonist
P.S. I actually like J.K. Rowling  She writes well, and the HP books (even if they owe significant debt to LOTR), will likely remain one of the best series of its kind for the next few decades, at least.
But I also find her preoccupation with copyright enforcement crossing the line of "normal" at times, and her objections to e-books (presumably stemming form IP concerns), rub me the wrong way.
And since she is perhaps the most visible opponent of e-books, I see her as a large, clear target, for some occasional fun, as well as a convenient example of a "Death Eater" in the world of e-bookdom. |
I understand people being disgruntled that there aren't ebook versions of her works available (especially on a site devoted to ebooks), but I'm really puzzled about the LOTR claim that people like to toss around. I can't think of any obvious connections between the two (except for in that awful Chinese knock-off in which Gandalf turns out to be Harry's grandfather or something). Yeah, they're both "hero" stories... like about half of Western literature. (Ok, not half. But rather a lot.) You might as well say both Rowling and Tolkien ripped off Homer.
