Was there a girl who rose through power fighting multiple deadly situations and using her wit and smarts to go though them in Tekumel? No? Case closed.
There were similarities between Wizard of Oz and Star Wars too, you can find awebsite about that somewhere. So to go as far as calling Ray Feist a thief over that, that guy should be sued IMO PJ On Mar 27, 2013 7:07 PM, "Anestis Kozakis" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > A friend and I have an on-going discussion about Kelewan. He has the > impression that you borrowed a large number of elements of Kelewan > from M.A.R. Barker's "Empire of the Petal Throne". > > He cites a couple of articles: > > http://ferretbrain.com/articles/article-134.html under the "Why I only > buy his books second hand" heading. The writer of the article claims you > have admitted that Kelewan was very heavily from Barker's work in various > conversations with fans. > > The other article is at > http://www.rpg.net/columns/designers-and-dragons/designers-and-dragons13.phtmland > has the following paragraphs around the middle of the article: > > "Midkemia's unique creation has also resulted in one bit of controversy: > according to Feist, the original Midkemian Campaign run by Abrams and > Everson contained some minor elements borrowed from Tékumel, as described > in TSR's Empire of the Petal Throne (1975). Those elements were, of course, > not brought into any of Midkemia Press' published books. However, Feist > wasn't aware of this genesis, so some of these elements did find their way > into the world of Kelewan — which opposed Midkemia in the Riftwar. Feist > says the ultimate impact of Tékumel on the novels is "superficial", with > other sources like Alan Dean Foster's Thranx and Jack Vance's Big Planet > being just as important. > > Ultimately, we outsiders can never know the exact influence of the EPT > world filtered through a house campaign upon Feist's writing. Suffice to > say, it might be more than professional writer Raymond Feist is comfortable > with and probably is a lot less than fans have suggested over the years." > > I keep bringing up how you have always stated that you borrowed from > Japan, China, etc etc (the answer you always give when someone asks about > the influences for the Tsruanni society). > > Just wondering if you would like to share your thoughts on the issue. > > -- > Anestis Kozakis | [email protected] | http://www.akozakis.id.au/ >
