Ursula Le Guin Once Said She’s ‘Rankled by JK Rowling’s ‘Reluctance’ to Credit Other Writers?

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Ursula Le Guin wrote about fellow fantasy author JK Rowling, “The only thing that rankles me is her apparent reluctance to admit that she ever learned anything from other writers.” Rating: Correct Attribution About this rating For several years, a quote from famed writer Ursula Le Guin has made the rounds on tumblr and Reddit , in which she appears to criticize fellow writer JK Rowling. Rowling’s ” Harry Potter ” book series, which was set in a magical school for wizards, was preceded by Le Guin’s ” Earthsea ” series that also depicted a school for magic. Advertisement: Le Guin allegedly once said about Rowling: I didn’t originate the idea of a school for wizards — if anybody did it was T.H. White, though he did it in a single throwaway line and didn’t develop it. I was the first to do that. Years later, Rowling took the idea and developed it along other lines. She didn’t plagiarize. She didn’t copy anything. Her book, in fact, could hardly be more different from mine, in style, spirit, everything. The only thing that rankles me is her apparent reluctance to admit that she ever learned anything from other writers. When ignorant critics praised her wonderful originality in inventing the idea of a wizards’ school, and some of them even seemed to believe that she had invented fantasy, she let them do so. This, I think, was ungenerous, and in the long run unwise. The above quote is authentic and was part of an essay by Le Guin, titled, ” Art, Information, Theft, and Confusion, Part Two .” As such we rate this claim as “Correct Attribution.” The above essay was not available online, so we reached out to her estate . A spokesperson directed us to an archived link. The essay appeared in 2010 on the website of Book View Cafe, an online bookstore and blog. Per the website , Le Guin was a founding member of Book View Cafe and frequently published her writings on its blog. Advertisement: Le Guin began the post by […]

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