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wombat1138) wrote2006-09-10 12:27 am
wombat1138) wrote2006-09-10 12:27 am
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DS11 vs. Dean, color-coded.
Because this has been bugging me since I saw this particular set of examples on bad_penny, I've slightly reformatted them to clarify the various bits and pieces borrowed from Pamela Dean. (Addendum: I also found another plagiarized line that hadn't been in bad_penny's original report.)
The Secret Country 139: "The sword rang as Patrick drew it, and the beast made a noise like a bucketful of water thrown into a patch of mud." 286: "Ted caught at the names of their motions as they fled under his mind: bind, double bind, circle parry, riposte." The Hidden Land 172: "In that time, three squat scaled things came at Ted, who swung at them all and missed, and were dispatched by Matthew." THL 173: "Once he had cleared his mind, the sword seemed to come to life; or more likely, that undercurrent of knowledge from Edward was able to work its way up and direct his arm. Every time he tried to analyze what he was doing, he missed his aim and had to be rescued by Matthew. After the third rescue, Ted stopped trying to analyze anything." THL 179: "Ted put the sword through the face of the third person who attacked him, and stared horror-struck at the result." THL 182: "But as each man went down he blurred and wavered and became a small dark woman in leather armor; and as those were injured they turned into large fox-like creatures; and when they crumpled up bloodily they became inky shadows with red eyes, hugging the ground. Ted's and Randolph's swords went into them and came out smoking, but the shadows seemed none the worse for that." |
Draco Sinister, Chapter 11 (battle scene begins on p.578 of the PDF) "It moved towards them swiftly, but before Harry had time to do more than step back, Draco had raised his sword and put the blade through its face. It made a noise like a bucketful of water being poured into a patch of mud, staggered back and collapsed to the ground, blood pouring from its head. [....]"As Draco and Harry gazed in horror, the dead-looking guard on the floor wavered and blurred and became a squat, scaly creature that leaped to its feet and charged at Draco again. [....]"He swung the sword at it and managed to slice open its throat. This did very little good, as it immediately turned into a tall man carrying a longsword, and charged at him. Harry stopped thinking and let the sword in his hand do its work-- he had already discovered that if he cleared his mind, it seemed to come to life in his hand, or, more likely, that the undercurrent of knowledge from Draco was able to work its way up and direct his arm. But every time he tried to analyze what he was doing, he lost his footing or missed a stroke, so he stopped trying to plan and let his instincts take over, catching at the unfamiliar names of the motions he was making as they fled under the surface of his mind: bind, double bind, circle parry, riposte. "He quickly slaughtered the longsword man-shape, which turned into a wolf, which turned into a large, fox-like creature, which turned into a petite beautiful woman in a leather breastplate. This last incarnation startled Harry so much that he staggered back and nearly lost his footing. He had barely a chance to blink when something silver whipped over his head and embedded itself in the shape-changer's chest. It was Fleur's knife." |
you know,
Names stick in my head...
(Not that I actually read any more of Salvatore's book beyond the blurb on the back cover, and some of the capsule reviews on Amazon just now, but... guh.)
Still, as long as CC's pro work is free of similar overlaps, it doesn't really matter at this point. Yeah, there are the past readers who unwittingly credited her with descriptions, dialogue, and concepts that she'd taken from elsewhere without giving their originators a bump in at least used-book sales or library checkout stats-- I haven't read Pamela Dean's books myself; I don't think I've even ever *seen* them anywhere, though it seems they've been reprinted recently-- but in some ways, I'm inclined to think that if they received some joy from reading her HP fanfic, then they're fully entitled to that. If they find the original sources and enjoy those too, then so much the better... but joy is joy, and there's little enough of that in the world.
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Still, this has inspired me to hunt down two more Tanith Lee books which I used to have but don't currently have copies of; they're now somewhere in the mail heading toward me, so I'll definitely check them for more bits that felt familiar.
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