Candice’s answer to “Why did Suzanne Collins rip off the idea from this book and pretend she didn't?” > Likes and Comments
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Very well put. Thanks for the thoughtful answer. I probably shouldn't have posed my question as aggressively as I did.
They both have political intrigue and many other extremely suspicious "similarities" which I will not fully go into but as many others like Raul Martinez have listed below. They just seem way too similar to me for Hunger Games to have not taken at the very, very least some inspiration from BR, and although that is ok to some extent (however I do believe she has overstepped the mark by a fair margin), when the author completely denies the obvious similarities and influence then I do find that extremely irritating and obnoxious.
Authors obviously do research before and during the writing of a book, and just a simple google search of the basic premise and ideas you would certainly have come across BR quickly as it's a prominent and well known novel, manga AND movie (plus sequels, although these were nowhere near as good), famous not only in Japan, but worldwide. I actually find it very surprising and honestly pretty unconvincing that someone who is interested in the arts and works as a full time(?) author would not have either read the novel, the manga or at the very least seen the movie before, yet she seemingly completely denies having any knowledge of BR at all supposedly, until people connected the dot(s) (obviously there weren't many) and told her later on. Personally I can find no enjoyment in Hunger Games not only because of how extremely similar it is, but also in large part because the author fails to acknowledge the "influence" she so clearly took from BR.
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Very well put. Thanks for the thoughtful answer. I probably shouldn't have posed my question as aggressively as I did.
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They both have political intrigue and many other extremely suspicious "similarities" which I will not fully go into but as many others like Raul Martinez have listed below. They just seem way too similar to me for Hunger Games to have not taken at the very, very least some inspiration from BR, and although that is ok to some extent (however I do believe she has overstepped the mark by a fair margin), when the author completely denies the obvious similarities and influence then I do find that extremely irritating and obnoxious. Authors obviously do research before and during the writing of a book, and just a simple google search of the basic premise and ideas you would certainly have come across BR quickly as it's a prominent and well known novel, manga AND movie (plus sequels, although these were nowhere near as good), famous not only in Japan, but worldwide. I actually find it very surprising and honestly pretty unconvincing that someone who is interested in the arts and works as a full time(?) author would not have either read the novel, the manga or at the very least seen the movie before, yet she seemingly completely denies having any knowledge of BR at all supposedly, until people connected the dot(s) (obviously there weren't many) and told her later on. Personally I can find no enjoyment in Hunger Games not only because of how extremely similar it is, but also in large part because the author fails to acknowledge the "influence" she so clearly took from BR.
