Has anyone read this book? I haven‘t finished reading it yet but the book has a remarkable semblance to Harry Potter. What‘s more interesting is that it was written BEFORE the Harry Potter books. Which makes me think, did JK Rowling get her ideas from older YA fantasy? #jkrowling #harrypotter #yafantasy #arrows #heralds #talia #mercedeslackey #trilogy #highfantasy
OneCent76 I haven't read it yet but now you have me curious! 6y
vumblereads @OneCent76 yes please do! Would like to hear your thoughts on it 6y
Leniverse There other, older, fantasy books with a similar setting to the Harry Potter books too. A Wizard of Earthsea, for one. And the character of Harry Potter himself is clearly based on Timothy Hunter from the Neil Gaiman graphic novel![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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vumblereads @Leniverse interesting! I‘m going to look up those books now and do a little research 🤓 6y
esurient @Leniverse I remember reading about Gaiman disagreeing with that theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_influences_and_analogueshickleberrypu... 6y
vumblereads @esurient thanks for the link! 6y
esurient @vumblereads You're welcome! Enjoy your research. 6y
