“Beast Quest”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Beast Quest is a best-selling series of children's fantasy/adventure novels produced by Working Partners Ltd and written by several authors all using the house name Adam Blade. Adam Blade was in his twenties. ^[1] An editorial team at Working Partners first creates the storyline for each book and "then approach[es] a number of writers whose experience and style we think might suit the project and ask them to write a sample – usually the first three chapters of the book... The editorial team picks the sample with the voice that we think works best for the project."^[2] The main series had achieved 118 books published by mid-2019.

The series is published by Orchard Books in the UK and by Scholastic Corporation in the US and is aimed largely at boys aged 7 and over.^[4]^[5] The novels have been described as "clearly and simply written, [striking] the right balance between adventure and story telling" and a "great series to get lads, who normally wouldn't be, interested in reading."^[6] Kathryn Flett, writing in London's The Observer, has called the books "almost certainly a work of publishing (if not quite literary) genius... Narnia meets Pokémon via Potter."^[7] The books are among the most-borrowed from UK lending libraries.^[8]^[9] There is also a companion science fiction series called Sea Quest.^[10]

There is also a 2015 Mobile Video Game based on the book, and a 2018 version for Xbox One and PS4 (Maximum Games). A new mobile version is under production (Animoca).^[11]

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References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Rainbow Magic: loathed by parents, loved by children|first=Clover|last=Stroud|date=12 January 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10560537/Rainbow-Magic-loathed-by-parents-loved-by-children.html|accessdate=13 April 2015}}
2. ^{{Cite web|title=How We Work|work=Working Partners|url=http://www.workingpartnersltd.co.uk/how-we-work/|accessdate=23 June 2013}}
3. ^http://coolabi.com/our-brands/beast-quest
4. ^{{Cite news|title=Nicholas Clee on the library charts|work=The Times|location=London|date=4 February 2012|page=19|id=ProQuest document ID 919738907}}
5. ^{{Cite web|title=Beast Quest: Creta the Winged Terror|work=Booktrust|url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/books/29769|date=|accessdate=23 June 2013}}
6. ^{{Cite news|title=Vedra And Krimon Twin Beasts of Avantia|first=Janet|last=Mountford|work=The Sentinel|location=Stoke-on-Trent|date=15 March 2008|page=6|id=ProQuest document ID 426828385}}
7. ^{{Cite news|title=Dragons, wizards and a mother in search of a glass of red... At last, a boys' own bedtime story they actually want to read|last=Flett|first=Kathryn|authorlink=Kathryn Flett|work=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/06/kathryn-flett-boys-into-books-dragons|location=London|date=6 December 2009|page=5|id=ProQuest document ID 250388970}}
8. ^{{Cite news|title=Woman of Steel: US writer in most-borrowed list for 30 years|last=Flood|first=Alison|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=8 February 2013|page=18|id=ProQuest document ID 1285161231}}
9. ^{{Cite news|title=Kids get dead excited about author's new horror story|last=Evans|first=Sophie|work=Hull Daily Mail|location=Hull|date=8 March 2013|page=20|id=ProQuest document ID 1315222469}}
10. ^{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Charlotte|title=Orchard to launch Sea Quest in 2013|journal=The Bookseller|date=24 August 2012|page=7}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.licensing.biz/entertainment/coolabi-teams-with-animoca-brands-for-new-beast-quest-mobile-game|title=Coolabi teams with Animoca Brands for new Beast Quest mobile game|first=Robert|last=Hutchins|website=Licensing.biz}}