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

  • 7ootles@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Stephen King revised The Gunslinger (1982) quite heavily in 2003, to bring the continuity in line with the later books in the Dark Tower series.

    I’m currently revising my own first novel, after realizing that, as proud of it as I am, the original version could have been better.

    • chris_282@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m sure I heard somewhere (although I haven’t fact-checked it) that Stephen King is completely rewriting the entirety of the Dark Tower opus. If it were anyone else I’d be less inclined to believe it.