i suppose we can be thankful for THAT at least.

i dunno, i mean, this kid rips off star wars, pern, and a half dozen other fantasy settings and then he gets to sell the rights to this plagirism for god knows how much to the movie studios?

meanwhile, where the hell's the film adaptation of Neuromancer or, hell, even Xanth?

lets face it: book publishers want to publish books that will sell for big money. this kid took a lot of successful ideas, put them in the blender of his imagination, and (more than likely) cast himself as the hero. this is teenage fantasy audience gold. sure its glorified fanfic, and the kid never should have gotten a publishing contract for fear of a hundred different lawsuits, but maybe its just 'original' enough to avoid that kind of problem.

and, after all, the book publishers just want to sell books.