Two Talking Monkeys » Call Me Joe http://www.twotalkingmonkeys.com Chattering about Entertainment, Gaming and Whatever Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 James Cameron Under Fire for ‘Avatar’, Accused of Ripping Off ‘Call Me Joe’ http://www.twotalkingmonkeys.com/news/james-cameron-under-fire-for-avatar-accused-of-ripping-off-call-me-joe/ http://www.twotalkingmonkeys.com/news/james-cameron-under-fire-for-avatar-accused-of-ripping-off-call-me-joe/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:04:41 +0000 Monkey 1 http://www.twotalkingmonkeys.com/?p=1669 The Art of AVATAR Book

James Cameron's 'Avatar' bears resemblance to Poul Anderson's 'Call Me Joe'

A number of websites are posting the controversial news that James Cameron's Avatar isn't as original a story as we've been told. The source of the accusation is genre website io9 (found via Slashfilm) who, after a tip off from one of their readers, point to a novel titled Call Me Joe written in 1957 by science fiction writer Poul Anderson.

The similarities upon which James Cameron has been called into question, as identified by io9, are:

  • main character, Ed Anglesey,…
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