The Cask of Amontillado Poe may have borrowed Montresor's family motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" from James Fenimore Cooper, who used the line in "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826). Poe wrote his tale, however, as a response to his personal rival Thomas Dunn English. Poe and English had several confrontations, usually revolving around literary caricatures of one another. Poe thought that one of English's writings went a bit too far, and successfully sued the other man's editors at "The New York Mirror" for libel in 1846. That year English published a revenge-based novel called "1844, or, The Power of the S.F." Its plot
The Last Book in the Universe story previously written by the author in a collection called "Tomorrowland". The story was also influenced greatly by Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". "The Last Book in the Universe" has received mixed reviews. Many critics praised the novel for its involving plot. Debbie Carton, a reviewer from "Booklist", called it a "fast-paced adventure" with a "moving conclusion" and "memorable characters." A number of critics agreed: "Scholastic" called the story "chilling and inspiring." A reviewer from "Publishers Weekly" wrote, "[the book's] futuristic dialect combined with striking descriptions of a postmodern civilization will convincingly transport readers to Spaz's world." However, Susan L. Rogers