And a significant portion of that book is made of passages lifted from the original. Saves a lot of time. But it also juxtaposes your original writing next to some of the greatest writers of all time. So, good luck with that.
I don’t think what Pat is doing is necessarily bad as a concept. A somewhat zany sequel to A Christmas Carol could be neat with the right writer who doesn’t take themself too seriously. Entertainment doesn’t also have to be high art. But Pat’s prose is just low fart. He’s the last person who should be trying to remix a classic. A Sonichu Christmas Carol would be more enjoyable.
This has been semi done in the shape of Terry Pratchett’s Dodger.
It’s not the Christmas Carol obviously, but it is a Dickens inspired alternative telling of a known character.
I am pretty certain Fatrick read, or someone else read this to him, and deciding that just doing the same idea about Tiny Tim, was too contrived.
So instead he “thought” up an equally contrived idea, rather than trying to cobble together something original.
Now, autistic or disagree sticker me all you want, as speaking “ill” of Pratchett appears to be a crime against the internet at large;
As Pratchett’s books are accessible and juvenile, many people read them thinking that they are high concept sci-fi to rival Douglas Adams and fit equally on a shelf to Robert Jordan or Tolkien.
Not saying they are bad by any means but I think he was more like a funny David Gemmel than a Douglas Adams of Fantasy.
Piggy is no doubt far more proud of himself than he should be for getting through a Discworld or two, and thinks that it would go over the heads of his reader base, so this shit idea is excellent and before long he will be touted as a darker and grungier Pratchett.
Except he is a fat lazy shit and should accept that.