/lit/ - Literature

I can point out two series, but because they are from Russia, only russians know about these.
First is "Magician of Emerald City" and subsequent books by A. Volkov. First book is a carbon copy of a certain widely-known novel: even the plot is the same. However, I didn't even know about the original book, when I read it, so I enjoyed it. But the second book - "Urfin Jus and the Wooden Soldiers" is the most remarkable: author decided to write the story by himself, and produced a children's novel, however, with dark and serious tone, about a guy who created an undefeatable army and conquered all nearby lands, including Emerald City itself. Some allusion to Hitler, I assume.