[HPforGrownups] Re: HP & LOTR

[dkewpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 120916


--- sbursztynski <greatraven at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Jennifer Nielsen <Jen at a...> 
> wrote:
> > But just because JKR said she
> > was inspired by LOTR doesn1t mean she lifted every character
> directly.  

> 
> Sue:
> 
> I didn't know JKR had said she was influenced by LOTR, how
> fascinating! 

K:
Actually she NEVER said that she was inspired by LOTR ever. 
Here's exactly what she said about the LOTR books:

JKR:  I read it when I was about twenty, I think, and I liked it a lot though I've never
re-read it, which is revealing (usually with my favourite books I re-read them endlessly)
but he created a whole mythology, an incredible achievement.

You can read the whole interview here:
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2001/0301-comicrelief-staff.htm

She had mentioned her favorite books and authors that inspired her a lot in interviews
before, such as Jane Austin, A Tale of Two Cities, Lolita, The Little White horse, I
capture the castle, Agatha Christie, E. Nesbit...etc. Yet she NEVER cite Tolkien nor LOTR
as her insipration or person favorite what so ever.  Just to make that clear.

K