Probably the best example I can think of is Diane Duane reworking her Wizards series to make it modern-day, but there are others, including owners of a literary estate altering books left to them to make them compatible with current standards.
What do you think? Does it matter if it’s the original author or an inheritor?
They are doing it with the Baby-Sitter club and I am against it. Although that was also my favorite series so I’m a bit biased and it is causing me to me judge mental. Those books got me into reading.
The wholesome nature should still be appealing but somehow isn’t. In an era where 10 year olds are watching tiktok of exotic dancers and learning how to put on makeup… 80’s stories are not going to mesh well.