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Artemis Afrit
4 Feb 07 - 01:03
Nothing in this genre is totally original.

Some are just more original (plot-wise, too) than others.

Death to Inheritance.
I say night I'm living in the forest of my dream,
I know the night is not as it would seem,
I must believe in something,
So I'll make myself believe it,
That this night will never go.


Laura Branigan, Self-control

:mouth: Oh, Canada...
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Ianna Marid
4 Feb 07 - 18:42
wrote:Uh... discworld?

The whole demon summoning idea isn't orginal. It was just more orginal than Potter and Paolini.

OK, a lot more orginal.
Well, you know what I meant.

It was also more dark than most stuff with boy wizards/magicians/whatever.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


Yakaii Ghul
4 Feb 07 - 19:31
Yeah and demons were more loveable. Before that I couldn't think about them as cool things... :)
"Is that a unicorn? No I'll wear the purple shoes and who painted the kitten?"
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Artemis Afrit
5 Feb 07 - 02:43
Making the main character power-hungry politition is pretty original. Especially if it's a fantasy novel.
I say night I'm living in the forest of my dream,
I know the night is not as it would seem,
I must believe in something,
So I'll make myself believe it,
That this night will never go.


Laura Branigan, Self-control

:mouth: Oh, Canada...
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Post Higher Spirit
5 Feb 07 - 12:03
Not dark enough for my tastes. Reading Why I killed Gandhi right now. Wonderfully insane.
Shame of the Super Son
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Adele Djinni
5 Feb 07 - 14:33
No matter what, some book is going to be similar to another... almost all the ideas are already taken, so it is hard to come up with a new one, especially with the number of authors 'round.
AIONIOS
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5 Feb 07 - 15:26
Artemis wrote: Making the main character power-hungry politition is pretty original. Especially if it's a fantasy novel.
Exactly.

Most of these things are like mongrels...When I first read Harry Potter (was 12), it felt like a cross between Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton boarding school books. Bartimaeus= Discworld+Real life politics. Stroud says he's read Faust by Marlowe so the demon summoning thing is from there. I could think of equations for half of these things...the truly original ones would be the ones in the equations...haha.
Nothing to see here, move along.
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Post Higher Spirit
7 Feb 07 - 14:51
Oringinality is dying, everything is simply done.
Shame of the Super Son
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Adele Djinni
7 Feb 07 - 19:10
It is too hard to think up something new, without some part of it being similar to another book.
AIONIOS
Yakaii Ghul
8 Feb 07 - 20:11
What's the title of the third book? :hmm:
"Is that a unicorn? No I'll wear the purple shoes and who painted the kitten?"
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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8 Feb 07 - 21:23
Not been confirmed as far as I know, but the smart money is on Empire.
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Adele Djinni
9 Feb 07 - 12:36
yeah thats what I was told too.
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Yakaii Ghul
9 Feb 07 - 17:20
Yup I understood ^^
Any other information about it? :magic:
"Is that a unicorn? No I'll wear the purple shoes and who painted the kitten?"
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Post Higher Spirit
9 Feb 07 - 18:05
It'll suck?
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Yakaii Ghul
9 Feb 07 - 19:21
...
You will say it sucks. I know. :D
"Is that a unicorn? No I'll wear the purple shoes and who painted the kitten?"
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Post Higher Spirit
10 Feb 07 - 13:21
It'll suck very, very bad?
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Yakaii Ghul
10 Feb 07 - 15:35
Hah I knew. xD
"Is that a unicorn? No I'll wear the purple shoes and who painted the kitten?"
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Post Higher Spirit
10 Feb 07 - 15:45
And we reach an agreement.
Shame of the Super Son
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Artemis Afrit
10 Feb 07 - 21:45
I should probably ask Mom what the release date is, so I have fair warning to lock myself in my room until the rant of mob of idiots who love it is over.
I say night I'm living in the forest of my dream,
I know the night is not as it would seem,
I must believe in something,
So I'll make myself believe it,
That this night will never go.


Laura Branigan, Self-control

:mouth: Oh, Canada...
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Rekhyt2238 Utukku
11 Feb 07 - 02:16
I'll have to find the date too...Just so I can get it, and make sure Eragon dies...A painful, horrible death. But if Paolini kills him, you just know he'll do a fourth book, and have the dragons or the elfs magically ressurect him in an instant.
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