Jessica
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Amanda Hocking:
Amanda, I heard about the plot line coming up in The Walking Dead (taken from the comic book) about tigers. I couldn't help but notice the similarity between it and the tiger(s) in Hollowland. What are your thoughts on this? Yours came out first and it is pretty unique.
Amanda Hocking
My only real thoughts on it are that I hope that they use CGI and practical effects as opposed to real live tigers, because big cats don't do well with film making and shouldn't be subjected to that.
But I'm not the first person to feature lions and tigers as companions in books, and I'm especially not the first one to use an animal as unlikely friend in a post-apocalyptic or dystopian future (I can think of a dozen off the top of my head).
I also really doubt that the writers of The Walking Dead are mining my books for ideas for the comics and show. What I've found in life is that most ideas aren't as unique as I think they are, and coincidences happen a lot.
So, as long as the animals are treated humanely (and preferably replaced with CGI and practical effects entirely), then I saw more power to them.
But I'm not the first person to feature lions and tigers as companions in books, and I'm especially not the first one to use an animal as unlikely friend in a post-apocalyptic or dystopian future (I can think of a dozen off the top of my head).
I also really doubt that the writers of The Walking Dead are mining my books for ideas for the comics and show. What I've found in life is that most ideas aren't as unique as I think they are, and coincidences happen a lot.
So, as long as the animals are treated humanely (and preferably replaced with CGI and practical effects entirely), then I saw more power to them.
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