Sorry for slotting this comment into a rather unrelated blog post, but I wanted to ask a question about the Alexandre Quick novels, and I wasn't sure how best to go about it. The question is simply this: why not "convert" the Alexandre Quick novels into original fiction novels?
The Alexandre Quick novels are wonderful uncut diamonds that deserve to exist as more than Harry Potter fan-fiction homages, and this is because their worth comes not from what they borrow from Rowling's works but from the fresh ideas and interpretations that Inverarity has used to enhance this much loved material. So remove what is borrowed and replace it with something else; let the AQ novels achieve their potential, because the American wizarding world of AQ that Inverarity has created, and the compelling characters who exist within it, deserve it.
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The Alexandre Quick novels as original YA fiction?
Date: 2013-01-18 04:59 pm (UTC)The Alexandre Quick novels are wonderful uncut diamonds that deserve to exist as more than Harry Potter fan-fiction homages, and this is because their worth comes not from what they borrow from Rowling's works but from the fresh ideas and interpretations that Inverarity has used to enhance this much loved material. So remove what is borrowed and replace it with something else; let the AQ novels achieve their potential, because the American wizarding world of AQ that Inverarity has created, and the compelling characters who exist within it, deserve it.