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.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/ >> >
