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Old 12-30-2007, 07:55 PM   #2
Lord Halsar
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Originally Posted by Lalwendė View Post
If you look at just about any fantasy these days you'll find things that could be said to have come from Tolkien. It's not plagiarism, it's accident, inevitability or in some cases, lack of imagination, that's all. As for Rowling using the name 'Longbottom', well that's a common British surname
Exactly. That is why the thread is named "Plagiarism? OR Simple Coincidence?"
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