deltora quest--should we accept it or not?

durin's bane · 10-23-2002, 07:11 PM

I have read a lot of deltora quest books, but to me they seem like just one big lotr and harry potter ripoff! the author uses many elements that tolkien and rowling use (ie: rowling's use of animals owned by the main characters; tolkien's idea of the dark lord having a "mark" (dq's shadow lord's mark and lotr's sauron's mark look similar) So should we accept emily rodda's deltora quest, or shut it out as a piece of stolen work well hidden?

sorry to the administrators/moderators of this forum if this topic has been made already

Galenavar · 11-01-2002, 07:25 PM

I think we should be open to them. I've read all but two of them, and they're good leisure reading, just something to read when your bored, you know? There are some elements that might seem stolen from other author's styles of writing, but if you think about it, there isn't anything really wrong with that. Tons of authors "borrow" from other styles. I have never seen anything wrong with it, so long as it isn't blatently obvious that the stuff has been borrowed. I think Emily Rodda has done a good job creating a lot of origional material as well, such as some of the creatures in Deltora. But yeah, there's my take on that.

durin's bane · 11-01-2002, 07:30 PM

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I mean, I actually like Dread Mountain and Maze of the Beast. Those ones are good. Also, thank-you for finally posting in my topic!

Galenavar · 11-01-2002, 07:33 PM

No problem! I'm somewhat relieved that someone other than my family reads them!

durin's bane · 11-01-2002, 07:36 PM

Well, you're certainly not alone! Half the boys in my class love them!

TwirlingString · 11-09-2002, 07:23 PM

If deltora quest rips off, so does half the shows on tv, go yell at sailor moon.

AudrentheRanger · 12-02-2002, 04:50 PM

I think they're fine. I've read only one though.

10-23-2002, 07:11 PM	#1
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	deltora quest--should we accept it or not? I have read a lot of deltora quest books, but to me they seem like just one big lotr and harry potter ripoff! the author uses many elements that tolkien and rowling use (ie: rowling's use of animals owned by the main characters; tolkien's idea of the dark lord having a "mark" (dq's shadow lord's mark and lotr's sauron's mark look similar) So should we accept emily rodda's deltora quest, or shut it out as a piece of stolen work well hidden? sorry to the administrators/moderators of this forum if this topic has been made already __________________ Yada, yada, yada

11-01-2002, 07:25 PM	#2
Galenavar Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: WI Posts: 129	I think we should be open to them. I've read all but two of them, and they're good leisure reading, just something to read when your bored, you know? There are some elements that might seem stolen from other author's styles of writing, but if you think about it, there isn't anything really wrong with that. Tons of authors "borrow" from other styles. I have never seen anything wrong with it, so long as it isn't blatently obvious that the stuff has been borrowed. I think Emily Rodda has done a good job creating a lot of origional material as well, such as some of the creatures in Deltora. But yeah, there's my take on that. __________________ Galenavar Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo If there's no magic, there's no meaning.

11-01-2002, 07:30 PM	#3
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, I actually like Dread Mountain and Maze of the Beast. Those ones are good. Also, thank-you for finally posting in my topic! __________________ Yada, yada, yada

11-01-2002, 07:33 PM	#4
Galenavar Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: WI Posts: 129	No problem! I'm somewhat relieved that someone other than my family reads them! __________________ Galenavar Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo If there's no magic, there's no meaning.

11-01-2002, 07:36 PM	#5
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	Well, you're certainly not alone! Half the boys in my class love them! __________________ Yada, yada, yada

11-09-2002, 07:23 PM	#6
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	If deltora quest rips off, so does half the shows on tv, go yell at sailor moon. __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

12-02-2002, 04:50 PM	#7
AudrentheRanger Enting Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Grey Havens, Middle Earth, in my own special place, a world unknown and magical, or perhaps of questing and flying like an Eagle with Gwaihir Posts: 74	I think they're fine. I've read only one though. __________________ "Strider is too poor a name, son of Arathorn," he said, "Wingfoot I name you....Hardy is the race of Elendil!" The Wings of the Wind are swift indeed. I am a bookworm. "Fly you fools!" I'm no fool, but I would gladly fly!

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