Classic Books Re-packaged

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now that you've mentioned it...

the article is somewhat deceptive. apart from a new translation and  
Hawking's update
this seems to be primarily about the literal, physical re-packaging  
of books.


Am 14.09.2005 um 17:55 schrieb William Macfarlane:

> Umm... this whole thing seems like a non-issue to me.  _Johnathan
> Strange and Mr. Norrell_ is being reissued as a trilogy as a marketing
> strategy, probably in large part because of the immense popularity of
> sci-fi/fantasy trilogies in general.  Briggs is writing a modern,
> idiomatic translation of _War and Peace_, something hardly unheard of
> -- it seems to happen to at least one classic every year, and is
> certainly a labor of love rather than a concious dumbing down.  And I
> can't imagine being concerned about Hawking responding to his audience
> and trying again to write a text for everyone.  These three things
> barely seem related to me.  And the relationship the author constructs
> for them is, *gasp*, the publishing industry is trying to move units!
> Motherfucker!
>
> As for that last paragraph about Pynchon et al, it feels like an out
> of place bit of elitist tongue in cheek griping.
>
> I dunno... the article pissed me off.
>

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