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thewayneIn this case, her executor is her son, so he does have firsthand knowledge of some of her thinking.
It's an interesting essay on a very tough issue, with good points and bad points - IMO. We've seen Road Dahl's publisher back off on updating his books and they've split their printing stream, still issuing original books under a different imprint. Ian Fleming's James Bond books are being revised to remove offensive language.
I find the second and third paragraphs before the end to be quite good and worth contemplation.
https://lithub.com/why-i-decided-to-update-the-language-in-ursula-k-le-guins-childrens-books/
It's an interesting essay on a very tough issue, with good points and bad points - IMO. We've seen Road Dahl's publisher back off on updating his books and they've split their printing stream, still issuing original books under a different imprint. Ian Fleming's James Bond books are being revised to remove offensive language.
I find the second and third paragraphs before the end to be quite good and worth contemplation.
https://lithub.com/why-i-decided-to-update-the-language-in-ursula-k-le-guins-childrens-books/
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Date: 2023-03-15 07:34 pm (UTC)They need to censor the Bible: it advocates slavery, promiscuity, murder, incest, all sorts of horrible things. I agree with you. Modern books are being written with modern sensibilities and addressing sensitive subjects appropriately. Leave previous stuff alone so they can be learned from. They're time capsules as to how rotten things were, not that they're completely fixed now.