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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:37 AM Original message |
MSNBC: J.K. Rowling being compared to J.R.R. Tolkien (?) |
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Sock Puppet (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only in that it's obvious that JK has read a lot of JRR |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I do. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. JRR went a little to far when he tried to pull off that whole "Stonehenge" thing |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. If only he hadn't use the dwarves, it would have been fine |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's a valid comparison |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah but seriously |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LOL! I misread that |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Well now that's much better. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Wow, Look At Rowling's Cleavage |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. shes a decent author, but its an apples/oranges comparison |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. I L-O-V-E-D the first book! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Dude, read the other 6! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. I thought the second one was the weakest. |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. If there is a comparison ~ it's to say J.R.R. is far superior. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. i remember similar pop-culture fellation for anne rice in the 90s |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Silly - she's got one less initial |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh, and my serious answer |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. Isn't that like saying Nicholas Sparks is the next Dickens? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think a better comparison |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. I was a HARDCORE Narnia fan when I was little |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. The culture of the sub-literate has finally arrived. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. sub-literate? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sub-literate: Somewhere between literate and illiterate... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I think it's silly to |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Point taken.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Oh, hey |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. I think Harry Potter is all that |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I like Rowling WAY better... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Well, actually you have to think to read Tolkien |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I read two towers in about 6.5 hours. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. It took me about 6 hours to get through each of the LOTR books |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
64. I've read all three books in one sitting |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. Then George W is like Abraham Lincoln. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Aren't they both authors of fantasy books for children? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. LOTR |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Kind of yes and no |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The Hobbit, sure |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Laughable. Ridiculous. Completely absurd. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Just one point |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I stand corrected. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well both of them suck at poetry for one |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. a LOT of Harry Potter was lifted from LOTR |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That is some ridiculous reaching there |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Thank you |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I didn't make the list it's from a fan site |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. "single socially awkward adults" |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. The Council of Elrond, I think he meant |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. To be fair |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Maybe they both borrowed |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Star Wars is almost entirely stolen |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The common element is the Hero's Journey |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. So... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. And King Arthur's tales had a wizard. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
65. Please find a 100% COMPLETELY ORIGINAL book and recommend it |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
66. Oh, pishtosh. LOTR borrowed everything from sagas, epics, and greece |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
73. those things that you mentioned run throught most myths since the beginnning of story telling |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
80. There was another book I thought Harry Potter ripped off... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. In the sense that they're both carbon-based life forms, sure. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Not surprising at all. |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Well, very fantasy authors since LOTR cannot escape Tolkien's mark. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. OH SWEET JEEBUS-- we all know Rowling is the superior author |
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Mrs.Matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. um dude... |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. Tolkien?? 3 books about a bunch of people walking to a fucking volcano? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. OMG!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Is Tolkien really so great. Read the real Norse and Irish Sagas! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hey Matcom, |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
61. nah, closer to L.Ron Hubbard |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. HP = LOTR, only with booger jokes n/t |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. not so much. i think the lesson learnt from HP are far more valuable than those from LOTR |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. I agree |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
67. rowling writes for kids and isnt racist in her writing. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:58 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. ha ha ha ha ha |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. well i didnt forget, and much as i liked the writing, that stuff kept irking me |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Me as well |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. its impossible to though, theirs a huge war of the races. the blondes win. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Tolkien was a linguist who studied the languages of Northern Europe. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. I don't think so. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
76. I Actually Think Harry Potter is More Original |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
78. BS |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
79. Well, they both start with a J. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
81. a fine comparison |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
82. This comparison makes sense... |
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