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The Novelizers: An Affectionate History of Media Adaptations & Originals, Their Astonishing Authors—and the Art of the Craft
By Spencer, David
- ISBN
- 9798887711782
- Publisher
- BearManor Media
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Starred Review on September 8, 2023 | Arts & Humanities
Spencer (Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide) is not only an award-winning composer/lyricist but also a lifelong fan of novelizations and tie-in books. "Media tie-in writing is literature. Real literature," he persuasively argues in this massive and affectionate history of novelizations. Screenplay novelizations of silent films began appearing in 1915, decades after stage play novelizations. Far from hack writers, among the notables who wrote novelizatio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
