Rowling and Dianna Wynne Jones

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: Rowling and Dianna Wynne Jones
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5577] Rowling and Dianna Wynne Jones
Date: 8/2/00 12:31 pm  (ET)

The consensus among Diana Wynne Jones' fans is that there is nothing
in the accusations of plagiarism by JKR of DWJ's work. Specifically,
in relation to "Eight Days of Luke" vs "HP&tPS" one poster commented:

"The coincidences are such as might be
noted between, say, Jane Eyre and Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca. Some
similarities, and some inversions, but nothing remarkable in the world of
fiction."

I also reiterate the fact that JKR is the right age to have read and
assimilated DWJ's books as a child-teen-yadult, as they were released,
mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. So, to accuse her of plagiarism is,
in a sense, like accusing her of experiencing life and literature.

All that said, if Diana Wynne Jones wanted to take action against JK
Rowling, she would have a stronger case than Nancy Stouffer, which says
a lot about Nancy Stouffer's claims [ref: snowballs, hell].

Neil