Potterphiliacs worth their …erm, salt know that there was, in 2002, a law suit and this whole flap that the Great JKR stole the Potter idea entirely — the word Muggles and all — from any number of talented (yet less famous at the time)sources. And, if you think about it, it’s true – but most writing is theft … it just doesn’t tend to get as specific as the name ‘Larry Potter’ and the word ‘Muggles’ in the title of someone else’s book. I still can’t believe that they said there was no copyright infringement on that one!
But I digress — this is the most horribly true and funny theft I’ve read yet… and proves once again that NOTHING is new under the sun. I’d always heard that the Star Wars plot — and Narnia, and the Tolkien Rings — were easily paralleled in theology, which I know is factual for Tolkien and our dearest Clive, but this — this takes the cake.
Enjoy, enjoy, Happy Sunday.