That is not true. I have yet to see a book about a giant lizard sorcerer fighting to rescue his white tiger princess love from the clutches of the lethal rath-gal, which are a race of kitten swordsmen.
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I was in the process of doing so but then got tired of thinking, so it ended up being a Star Wars fanfic but with animals instead of people. (Wookies are otters and Chewbacca is a giant turtle)
The estate of Tolkien could probably sue every fantasy writer to produce any novel after the release of the Lord of the Rings novels.
Rofl, pwned. Meow =^_^=Quote:
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Absolutely. There isn't a single fantasy-genre author I've read who doesn't steal some aspect of LoTR; the Mountain of Doom in Robert Jordan's much-loved Wheel of Time series, from Terry Goodkind's "Wizard's First Rule", in the Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
JK Rowling is hugely guilty of this too :p giant spiders in "Chamber of Secrets"; Shelob, anyone? The idea of a "Dark Lord"?
This is the reason why most of my writing is based on my crazy-ass dreams. :cool:
Read "Comparison of Book and Characters"and then "Outcome of Court Case." That pretty much says it all.