Well the way I see it. How many ways can you really make a city with castles ect. They actually end up being the same in most ways .
You dont read a book cause of how the city is but cause of the actual story. Put my 2 cents in lol On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Jeff Goodhall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >>> >> >
