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Subject: Halo. From a book?
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I am not totally sure but I think that Halo is based on a book called Ring world By Larry Niven. Can you believe it our favourite game based on a book!! OMG!!! WTF MATE

[Edited on 6/19/2004 12:50:40 AM]

  • 06.19.2004 12:45 AM PDT

First of all, Halo discussion goes on the Library forum.

As the Webmaster once said in relation to Niven's book and Halo,
A location, even a specific type of location (deserted island, the city of Poughkeepsie, a ring in deep space) is just a location - not a plot. To say Halo lifts Ringworld's plot is like saying The Silence of the Lambs has the same plot as Huckleberry Finn because they both take place in the United States.
Halo was partly inspired by Ringworld, as well as other SF books like the Starhammer books. No text can be entirely original. They are all influenced in part by other texts or events. This is the way of the world.

- Reiginko

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  • 06.19.2004 12:55 AM PDT
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well... not really. J.K. Rowling came up with almost the entire plot for Harry Potter on her own. but you do have a point. the IDEA of wizards is centuries old. so technically she did have some basis in other literature

  • 06.19.2004 10:24 AM PDT
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well... not really. J.K. Rowling came up with almost the entire plot for Harry Potter on her own. but you do have a point. the IDEA of wizards is centuries old. so technically she did have some basis in other literature


No, what he means is you are influenced by everything. J.K. Rowling was influenced by the idea of magic by text. Her idea to use a teen in school cames from study's and TEXT of others. Every writing is influenced by someother text.

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  • 06.19.2004 9:11 PM PDT
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"If you take our right to steal other peoples ideas where are they gonna come from, her?"
"How about, Ghost Mutt?"
yes everything is usually taken from something

  • 06.20.2004 2:39 PM PDT