I read the Harry Potter books and enjoyed them thoroughly. Rowling may have drawn on some elements from Tolkien but to say that she copied him is really over-reacting. And anyway, almost all subsequent fantasy authors have some similarities with Tolkien.<P>IMHO, I think the two are different to be constructively compared but if simply asked who's better, it would definitely be Tolkien. Tolkien is the god of fantasy, Rowling is a mortal.
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