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On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:00 AM, Strider1974 <[email protected]> wrote: > This is interesting because after A Crown Imperiled there was talk (including > comments from your truly) where Mr Feist was questioned on whether he was > plagiarizing himself either intentionally or unintentionally. > > Michael > > On 28 March 2013 19:57, Andrew Black <[email protected]> wrote: >> Good point. The only writer I have ever had an issue with is JK Rowling - >> whenever I had to listen to work colleagues rant about how great Harry >> Potter was I wanted to have a real go at them and tell them that there is a >> whole world of infinitely better books to be read (although they could >> probably have guessed half of the plots after reading her offerings). I >> swear that I thought at one point she would roll out the eternal man as his >> secret grandfather which would have probably have pushed me over the edge! >> >> Drew. >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Discussion with friend about Kelewan >> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:14:29 +0000 >> >> >> Dance music is a whole genre of music inspired by sampling and reworking >> older works. Admittedly some forms more than others. >> >> Many times inspiration strikes after experiencing something, be it a >> beautiful landscape, a good meal, some nice music or a story and reworking >> it or enhancing it to express that in your own way. >> >> Using ideas from another story certainly isn't stealing. How many stories do >> you know that have magicians in. One recently successful series of books >> borrows heavily from the lord of the rings, but that didn't stop it becoming >> a movie. >> >> If we start throwing plagiarism accusations around every time a story seems >> similar to another, we'll soon find creativity drying up. After all, without >> the bible, we wouldn't have the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. >> >> B >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> From: Jeff Goodhall >> Sent: 28/03/2013 07:37 >> To: feistfans-l >> Subject: Re: Discussion with friend about Kelewan >> >> who cares? everyone inspires everyone. >> >> On 28 March 2013 04:15, Paddyjack <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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.phtml >> and 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/ >> >
