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spectru
Posted 2015-02-21 2:41 PM (#9684)
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Location: Fort Myers, Florida USA		I've just started reading Heinlein's Double Star. Space pilot Dak Broadbent turns the tables on a would-be Martian assassin. He addresses him with "I see You". The Martian returns the greeting, "I see you." In the context, it seems to mean I know and respect you, even though they are lethal adversaries. This form of greeting, "I see you" is used in the movie Avatar. The makers of Avatar must have gotten the phrase from Heinlein's 1956 novel.

The Martian's weapon is a light wand, surely the model for the Star Wars light saber.

If I were to research Avatar, I wonder if I would discover that it was based on The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K Le Guin?
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gallyangel
Posted 2015-02-21 4:22 PM (#9685 - in reply to #9684)
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spectru - 2015-02-21 12:41 PM

If I were to research Avatar, I wonder if I would discover that it was based on The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K Le Guin?


That's what I've always assumed. Take the general themes, change the names and places, and pay Le Guin nothing. I'm assuming that's how it worked.
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gallyangel
Posted 2015-02-21 4:28 PM (#9686 - in reply to #9684)
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spectru - 2015-02-21 12:41 PM

The Martian's weapon is a light wand, surely the model for the Star Wars light saber.



Really? I thought the light saber came out of the long history of mythical enchanted swords. Or you could have the idea of a sword of light, which sounds like something right out of Arabian Nights or the even older greek/roman/norse god myths. Combine the two, a Science Fantasy setting and there you go.

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