A Quiz - What Book Is This ?

[DATo]

Since this thread has not been posted to since 2013 I thought I would bump it for any new fans of "The Book In Question" who have not seen it.

[ashley_claire]

I had to read Ender's Game in high school and absolutely loved it. Re-read it a few years ago and I still love it. I've never thought of it compared with Harry Potter but those were some intriguing points. Thanks for the interesting post.

[abcmama89]

Wow I was really thinking harry potter

[Michelle-lit]

I was really shocked when I read this. I was so sure that the points were describing Harry Potter that I didn't even read all of them and skipped to the end. When I saw it was describing another book, I had to re-read it. To an extent, most books are copies of another. For example, the theme of a a boy with special powers who is the only hope for the world has been used countless times. But this may have gone a bit too far with way too many similarities in one book. Thanks for this discussion. Definitely eye opening.

[Deee]

Wow. I only thought Ender's Game because I'm one of the few who have never read the Harry Potter books (just saw the movies). I recently read the Ender Quartet and I loved them so much, especially Speaker For The Dead.

I believe that it's ok to be inspired by someone else's work, but it becomes something completely different when you use it as a base for your own work. It seems that as soon as a book becomes popular, new up and coming writers just basically use the same story with different names.

[DATo]

Wow. I only thought Ender's Game because I'm one of the few who have never read the Harry Potter books (just saw the movies). I recently read the Ender Quartet and I loved them so much, especially Speaker For The Dead.

I believe that it's ok to be inspired by someone else's work, but it becomes something completely different when you use it as a base for your own work. It seems that as soon as a book becomes popular, new up and coming writers just basically use the same story with different names.

Howdy Deee *Waving* ~~~~~~~ YOU ARE THE WINNER !!! *LOL* Only one other person (at another website forum) picked Ender's Game and that was only because I used the word "twist" in the title of the thread. He figured it was obviously Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone so he picked the "other one". *L*

[Deee]

Howdy Deee *Waving* ~~~~~~~ YOU ARE THE WINNE? ! *LOL* Only one other person (at another website forum) picked Ender's Game and that was only because I used the word "twist" in the title of the thread. He figured it was obviously Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone so he picked the "other one". *L*

Yay! Did I win an entire book series for FREE? Lol

I only thought of it first because Ender's Game was still fresh in my head and had a great impact.

[zeldas_lullaby]

Congrats, Deee!

I'm unfamiliar with Ender's Game, so I'd have never gotten it.

[Deee]

Congrats, Deee!

I'm unfamiliar with Ender's Game, so I'd have never gotten it.

Thanks!

It's a really great sci-fi novel, but even if that's not your favorite genre, I think you'll still enjoy it. It's very thought-provoking.

[zeldas_lullaby]

OK, I'll look it up!

[Gennykay]

I was thinking Harry Potter! I feel a bit self-ashamed. ):

[sm1234]

I haven't read the book but I have seen the movie. The movie wasn't really good but the book seems to be interesting.

[DATo]

Well, I didn't mean I was going to give up on movies, I meant I was going to refrain from writing the Great American Novel.

The Red Violin, eh?
I will look for that.

Hey - got another one. West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet.

Oh, I get why Apocalypse Now didn't fit - because Coppola did it on purpose.

-- 27 Mar 2013, 21:34 --

Oh hey - Theseus and The Minotaur and The Hunger Games

Actually, much like the Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now comparison, West Side Story was intended to be seen as a modern day remake of Romeo and Juliet. There was no duplicity intended.