How to return an IQueryable<Something> as an IQueryable<ISomething>

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I have a class Something that implements ISomething. How can I convert/cast from an IQueryable<Something> to an IQueryable<ISomething>. When I try to cast, I am able to compile, but the result of the cast is always NULL.

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