tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post2120174572960808414..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Revising the Pastbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-9680722525900411752008-07-04T13:56:00.000+08:002008-07-04T13:56:00.000+08:00I'd feel cheated, if I'd read work by an author to...I'd feel cheated, if I'd read work by an author to have the author revise and rewrite. I agree with Joyce Carol Oates in this - leave earlier published work alone. Releasing uncut versions of the same work would not be the same as rewriting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-9416410436204373992008-07-04T11:43:00.000+08:002008-07-04T11:43:00.000+08:00It is the writers' prerogative what they want to d...It is the writers' prerogative what they want to do with their work. <BR/><BR/>Yes, if it is to make it more PC, it is far less worth it than if the writer wants to correct inherent stylistic or literary flaws.<BR/><BR/>If both kinds of editions are in print, the reader can take his/her pick.<BR/><BR/>I have read two versions of Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere", one of which is the "Author's preferred text", and I found I liked both books, in different ways.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-3627153533303969302008-07-04T04:43:00.001+08:002008-07-04T04:43:00.001+08:00What do Editors think?What do Editors think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-12168436241907810932008-07-04T04:43:00.000+08:002008-07-04T04:43:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-75631258452883072682008-07-03T18:13:00.000+08:002008-07-03T18:13:00.000+08:00yes, it's way too short.(but a longer revised vers...yes, it's way too short.<BR/><BR/>(but a longer revised version would need a forklift truck to carry around)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-69488620426075158032008-07-03T18:10:00.000+08:002008-07-03T18:10:00.000+08:00I think A Suitable Boy should be at least 900 page...I think A Suitable Boy should be at least 900 pages longer, what do you think.gnutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531420382594855447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59406438233982469992008-07-03T17:58:00.000+08:002008-07-03T17:58:00.000+08:00Stephen King did something similar by re-releasing...Stephen King did something similar by re-releasing the uncut version of The Stand...<BR/><BR/>If there's one book I wish the author WOULD damn well revise and improve by a 100 times, it'd be Da Vinci Code!<BR/><BR/>- PPDDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-58339880470081761472008-07-03T17:23:00.000+08:002008-07-03T17:23:00.000+08:00If Peter Carey had so much time on his hands, I wo...If Peter Carey had so much time on his hands, I would much rather he write some fresh material. Which of his books will he revise? All? Joyce Carol Oates is spot on, regardless whether it is fodder for PhD wannabes.Jane Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100840036627261051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-82503387338711928672008-07-03T15:09:00.000+08:002008-07-03T15:09:00.000+08:00Depends on the author's reasons:- if it's to make ...Depends on the author's reasons:<BR/><BR/>- if it's to make the book more PC, then I wouldn't buy it<BR/>(look at Steven Spielberg removing the guns from federal agents's hands and replacing them with walkie-talkies in the remastered edition of ET; or George Lucas making Han Solo shoot someone in self-defence instead of in cold blood in Star Wars).<BR/><BR/>If the old edition is also kept in print, then I think it's acceptable.<BR/><BR/>- PPDDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59417876313281715362008-07-03T12:37:00.000+08:002008-07-03T12:37:00.000+08:00It's a common practice for poets. One example that...It's a common practice for poets. One example that comes to mind is 'Picnic, Lightning' by Billy Collins that I read recently. The poem that appears in <I>Sailing Alone Around The Room</I> (2001) is noticeably different and improved from the original in <I>Picnic, Lightning</I> (1998).<BR/><BR/>Why should prose be any different? If I had liked a certain story and the author rewrites it (presumably even more beautifully) then all the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com