Did he? I don't know. It seemed such a blatant rip-off, I stopped reading
halfway through the first book. But his fans insist I missed the point
entirely.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
www.UMLBootCamp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Hyrum
Savage
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] The Spirit and the Letter
I don't know if he had to fend off any lawyers, but Terry Brooks sure made a
lot of money off of his Lord of the, er Shannara plot. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug
Meerschaert
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 10:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] The Spirit and the Letter
> << Yep. And the plot (Bandits meet girl, fall in love with girl, wage war
> for
> girl's love and the heroes come in to sort it all out) behind that can be
> distilled out, applied to different characters and different settings, and
> played out all over again. (I believe.) >>
>
> It depends on how different the end result is. If you start with
> a Star Trek
> story and the end result is still recognizably Star Trek with just some
> cosmetic name changes, count on hearing from Paramount's lawyers if you
> publish it. If the end result is different enough, you'll
> probably get away
> with it legally; but the end result will offend any knowledgeable
> fan if you
> don't add SOMETHING original.
No, that can't be right... there are a LOT of stories that follow the same
plot... Heck, there are a lot of stories that follow the same plot as LOTR,
and no one crys foul (well, no lawyers.)
How common is "Young novicies are called to do take powerful magic item into
evil lands to destroy the great evil becaues the more experienced folk
can't"?
Maybe I'm thinking about premise, rather than plot--ah well.
DM
-------------
For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
-------------
For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
-------------
For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
