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Originally Posted by Zigûr
A "sponsored" post just came up on my Facebook News Feed describing this forthcoming publication as a 'Lord of the Rings spinoff'.
As incorrect as that description is, what was more bizarre were the numerous comments accompanying the post, in which many people didn't realise it was a literary publication and assumed that another film was being made. It's a bit sad that some people can't conceive of the work as anything other than a film franchise now.
People are strange.
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Not actually surprising theywould think it's a film- the term "spinoff" is very strongly associated with film and television and... actually, not at all with the written word. At least, I can't recall seeing it used in that context ever before.