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

  • pink_faerie_kitten@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Patricia Wrede rewrote her first book Shadow Magic when she felt she was a better writer. I have both versions and it’s really interesting to see the differences. The first version is very old fantasy style, focusing on the lay of the land and the male character. The rewrite is more from the FMC POV and how she feels about things.

    I just read an article that Terry Pratchett re-edited his first book here https://www.denofgeek.com/books/terry-pratchett-first-novel-tolkien-homage-to-parody/

    I think it’s like a singer re-recording an old song of theirs (kind of like a “Taylor’s Version”, lol) and if another author wanted to do it, it would be like a cover. Anyway, I like the concept!