I had a shower thought last night that it would be cool if Dune or some of those older classics had a modern ramake applied across the books to revamp them and update them with what we know now in terms of technology, our ability to imagine and make the style of writing more palatable to younger/new audiences.

I had a couple of friends try read the dune books and said they really struggled with the style of writing and English.

Is this a dumb thought lol

  • LyricsByTheWumpus@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Dante’s Inferno had a modern translation a few years back.

    Also, not quite the same thing, but in response to the classic sci-fi story “The Cold Equations,” about an engineering problem with no humane solution, a later author wrote a story called “The Cold Solution,” which presents the same scenario, but solves the problem differently.

    • PicardTangoAlpha@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      modern translation

      But we’re not talking about translations. Sure the Iliad gets new translations all the time, I just saw another on a bookstore shelf. OP wants to dumb down Frank Herbert ffs.