By Matthew
I’ve been reading through Lewis’ The Problem of Pain and the bells started to ring when reading the chapter on Hell. [click to continue…]
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C.S. Lewis describes Voldemort’s hell, Caspian movie problem and why Rowling spoils it for everyone.
by Travis
Rowling rarely mentions Tolkien, but I’ve found in the process of writing my book that she has far more in common with him than I had previously realized. Chalk it up to the Cauldron of Story (which is precisely what I do, actually….) In the recent interview for El Pais, translated (with some possible errors) here, Rowling invokes Tolkien on the theme of death:
Q: Solitude, death. We speak of dark things. At its best, literature comes from that.
A: Well, I think it was Tolkien who said that all the important books are about death. And there’s some truth in that because death is our destiny and we should face up to it. All that we have done in life had the intention of avoiding death.
Does anyone know the exact quote to which she’s referring, and is it accurate? She seems uncertain about her quote. This is a happy moment for me, because I just sat down to day to write a section of the book on the theme of death and the links between Tolkien and Rowling. [click to continue…]
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Rowling vs. the Lexicon, Again…
by Dave the Longwinded on April 15, 2008
by Dave
The copyright case Rowling brought against Steve Vander Ark goes to trial this week, as I’m sure some of you read. I’m not going to offer up anything new about the case, copyright infringement, or her ownership over her work (authorial or otherwise).
I thought I’d give you a couple of links:
This one takes you to one of the many Yahoo! articles from the AP about the story over the last couple of days.
This one takes you to the actual legal brief filed on behalf of Rowling and Warner Bros. The document is a matter of public record, and published in the The Wall Street Journal. It’s particularly interesting to read some of the summary points given in the brief concerning the books and the films.
The AP story offers this as the closing paragraph:
Obviously, she would not seek a wholesale shutdown of sites like The Hog’s Head. But, what if she stops actively participating with sites like The Leaky Cauldron?
Rowling has also commented that she worries about the ramifications that publishing the Lexicon might have on other sites — that publishing something previously free on the web might force the rest of us writing on the web to do the same so as to stay competative. Not sure I buy the last one.
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