JK Rowling is Brainless, Cowardly and Heartless.

I love Orson Scott Card, especially his Ender Wiggins series.  I can also say I've read and am a fan of the Harry Potter series.  But I've always thought there was more than a little bit of similarity between the two series. 

So I was a slighly miffed when I first heard that JK Rowling was suing a guy for trying to publish a "Harry Potter Lexicon".  I mean, these kinds of things are so prevalent...Star Trek, Star Wars, Seinfeld... trivia books... authorized / unauthorized...whatever.   You have something that touches pop-culture status, and fans are bound to write about it, build websites, start fan clubs, etc.  I was miffed, but it apparently PISSED OFF award-winning novelist Orson Scott Card, to the point that he decided to really rip JK Rowling a new orifice...

One of my favorite parts:

"A young kid growing up in an oppressive family situation suddenly learns that he is one of a special class of children with special abilities, who are to be educated in a remote training facility where student life is dominated by an intense game played by teams flying in midair, at which this kid turns out to be exceptionally talented and a natural leader. He trains other kids in unauthorized extra sessions, which enrages his enemies, who attack him with the intention of killing him; but he is protected by his loyal, brilliant friends and gains strength from the love of some of his family members. He is given special guidance by an older man of legendary accomplishments who previously kept the enemy at bay. He goes on to become the crucial figure in a struggle against an unseen enemy who threatens the whole world.

Sound familiar to Harry Potter fans?   Well it's the plot of Card's "Ender's Game", which came out YEARS before Harry Potter was a twitch in Rowling's snitch.   You can read Orson's whole comment here:  http://www.linearpublishing.com/RhinoStory.html