Unless you are(were) David Eddings and never read or watch other people work everything you do is going to be influenced by what you have experienced. There isn't any blatant stealing of plots, characters or anything else that I can remember so they should get a life. When a famous director says they liked and borrowed x and y from something they remember no one accuses them of lack of originality or talen. Equally authors and directors DON'T include things they DIDN'T like in other works which is just the important but isn't considered.
Perhaps they should try producing thousands of pages or work without any reference to any previous works. Michael. On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > Sent: 28/03/2013 07:37 > To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > 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.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/ >>> >> >
