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

  • Traditional-Show9321@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There are retellings of classic stories that have become public domain and some are reimagined in the modern world. IIRC things become public domain 100 years after being published.

    Although I recently got into reading some classics and read the original Dracula, not at all what I expected but I’m glad I read it. I also thoroughly enjoyed Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill House. If a story really interests you I recommend checking it out at the library and giving it a shot - some writing styles can be hard at first but you get used to them after a few chapters. You might be surprised how different some details are from everything you’ve heard!