Okay, not a writer, but I did go to hear Orson Scott Card speak at a book store years and years ago AND there was some idiot-nerd in the audience who thought he would stump the author by saying he stole some tech idea from another story. His response was something like "there's a menu of tech" and you can pick and choose the tech you want and it's not considered stealing someone else's idea not even a little bit.
Point is, that guy looked like a giant d-bag, OSC looked amazingly smart and clever. My takeaway from that is that experience is that if you are composed and rational, the raving lunatics will make themselves obvious. Of course, a couple years later I heard things about OSC that make him less likable, but that's less to do with him stealing the ideas of others and more to do with him being a bigot. (the takeaway from *that* is that the less you know about performers/writers/entertainers, the more you can just enjoy their talent and never have that enjoyment tainted)
Anyway. Rambling. You're awesome, they suck. By asking this question you demonstrate you're the better person.
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Date: 2012-04-11 12:33 am (UTC)His response was something like "there's a menu of tech" and you can pick and choose the tech you want and it's not considered stealing someone else's idea not even a little bit.
Point is, that guy looked like a giant d-bag, OSC looked amazingly smart and clever. My takeaway from that is that experience is that if you are composed and rational, the raving lunatics will make themselves obvious.
Of course, a couple years later I heard things about OSC that make him less likable, but that's less to do with him stealing the ideas of others and more to do with him being a bigot. (the takeaway from *that* is that the less you know about performers/writers/entertainers, the more you can just enjoy their talent and never have that enjoyment tainted)
Anyway. Rambling. You're awesome, they suck. By asking this question you demonstrate you're the better person.