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Originally Posted by nekokami
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.  |
Really goes to show that there is (often) very little that is new in novels, just subtle and often very clever reworking of ideas ....