Talk:The Queen's Gambit (novel)

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This was my first post. Not sure how to do footnotes or hyperlinks. Hopefully someone will come and help clean it up. Thanks!--Sarahdeming (talk) 19:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)Sarah

Notability of failed adaptation attempts
The by far most important information for a section titled "Screen adaptation" is actual realized adaptations. Failed attempts are generally not notable - these should be summarily treated if at all mentioned. They should definitely not lead the section. CapnZapp (talk) 23:00, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * is the existing version of this section okay? It does seem a little off that the miniseries information is much shorter than the failed attempts. Does it make sense to expand the miniseries information? Or is that pointless since it's already linked to the full article on that? Sfern824 (talk) 20:47, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. Since I wrote that the section has been improved (by myself and others). Do check out the version I was commenting on: here's the one closest to 23:00, 27 October 2020, the timestamp of my comment. I should add that since that time, I have become aware of two pertinent facts that make the inclusion of past efforts more relevant: 1) the "Allan Shiach" that purchased the rights off of Tevis' widow and the Allan Scott that finally realized the Netflix project is one and the same, and 2) the main chess advisor on the Netflix show is the same Bruce Pandolfini that helped Tevis with the chess for the book nearly forty years ago. Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 21:05, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification, I hadn't thought to look at the previous versions to see if it had been updated since. This now makes much more sense and I agree that it seems more relevant. I also missed that detail about Pandolfini in this article, pretty interesting! Sfern824 (talk) 22:11, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Bildungsroman?
In the lede and in the categories it's unequivocally called a bildungsroman. Yet, in the body of the article we say: That means it's not exactly a bildungsroman after all. If it has characteristics of "thriller, sports/game novel, and bildungsroman", why is only the latter mentioned? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  17:38, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The novel is difficult to classify, occupying a space between thriller, sports/game novel, and bildungsroman..
 * If you think you can phrase it better, give it a try :) CapnZapp (talk) 21:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)