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English
Etymology
Patterned after prequel, as pre- meaning "before" and inter- meaning "between."
Noun
interquel (plural interquels)
- (narratology) An installment in a series of works set chronologically between two of its predecessors.
- (narratology) Any middle sequel with an earlier and a later installment. This usage may not be proper.
Quotations
1994 March 27, Francis Muir, “It was the best of Trollope and the worst of Trollope”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet):There's room for something that is nether a prequel nor a sequel. What shall we call it? Interquel? Quelude?
1996 May 12, Allen J. Myerson, “Following Capt. McMurtry, Take by Take”, in The New York Times:Having written and filmed a "Lonesome Dove" sequel and prequel, come about 1997 Mr. McMurtry plans to finish an interquel, "Comanche Moon," about his heroes' prime adulthood.
2001 March 20, Michael S. Schiffer, “Better off dead”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):Not strictly a sequel, of course. (More of an interquel.)
2002 January 15, Myuuni Hausen II, “Are there any subtitled versions of Inferno Road?”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet):Basically this part was a filler story which was set somewhere within the continuity of the first part - an "interquel" if you must.
2002 October 4, Kirsten Gilson, “TLK 1.5 to be released theatrically”, in alt.fan.lion-king (Usenet):According to Animagic...the interquel is being planned to be released theatrically.
2004 November 7, Henry Kisor, “‘The Godfather Returns’ turns out to be a worthy ‘interquel’”, in Chicago Sun-Times:The sparkling novel is neither sequel nor prequel but what might be called an "interquel," for it fills some of the chronological gaps
- 2006 June 25, quoted by Simon Carless (June 27), “Writing Up Trilby's Notes”, Game Set Watch, at www.gamesetwatch.com
- The game is a direct sequel to 5 Days a Stranger and an interquel between 5DaS and 7 Days a Skeptic
2007 July 23, John Sutherland, “Here Comes Stubble as the Wizard Grows Up”, in The Evening Standard (London):Another Potter book would take him over that edge into the un-narratable. Unless, of course, as with Charlie Higson's young James Bond, the author is persuaded to do a prequel, or an interquel.
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