[lit-ideas] Prequelling
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:47:05 EDT
In a message dated 4/30/2004 8:01:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, Judy Evans
(judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
It's called prequelling (from prequel) now, JL!
Judy Evans
jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oops, thanks!
And it _is_ in the OED.
Cammer claims "[it's] a word I coined" but a 1977 quote states the thing was
coined by Tolkien to describe The Silmarion. Little lexicographical mystery,
there: maybe a Tolkien fan can provide the original quote by Tolkien (if it
exists <--- 'biscuit conditional') to provide to mailto:oed3@xxxxxxx
Cheers,
JL
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From the OED
"prequel"
Etym: f. PRE- A. 2 + SE)QUEL n.
A book, film, etc., the events portrayed in which or the concerns of which
precede those of an existing completed work.
1973 Britannica Bk. of Year 1972 732/3
Prequel, a literary work whose narrative sequentially precedes that of an
earlier work.
1977 National Observer (U.S.) 1 Jan. 1/4
Cammer..has just written a book, Freedom from Compulsion... He calls it a
prequelâ?? to his earlier book, Up from Depression. â??â??Prequelâ?? is a word
I
coinedâ??, he explains. â??It's a sequel except it's on a subject that comes
before.â??
1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Sept. 37/5
The Silmarillion, for which Tolkien coined the term Prequel, describes not
only the creation of Middle Earth, but of the universe.
1979 Films & Filming Mar. 11
In this â??prequelâ?? Tom Berenger stars as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as
Sundance.
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