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A comment on JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard. Parent comment

Re:JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard by nostrademons on Sunday June 08, 2008 @12:07PM (#212134)
It's accurate, but he's cherry-picking events from both books to illustrate his points. The above description could be Ursula LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea series as well. Hell, Orson Scott Card stole the ansible from LeGuin's Hainish novels.

Without the school aspect, it could be Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Without the flying in mid-air, it could be Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic books or Sherwood Smith's Wren's Quest series.

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Re:JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard by rory096 on Sunday June 08, 2008 @08:53PM (#212394)
From the article: "It's true that we writers borrow words from each other ? but we're supposed to admit it and not pretend we're original when we're not. I took the word ansible from Ursula K. LeGuin, and have always said so. Rowling, however, denies everything."
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