The current ebook of Carrie (which has the new Atwood introduction) has changed “of fighting with desperate decorum to keep the n\*\*\*\*\*\* out of Kleen Korners” to “of fighting with desperate decorum to keep the Kleen Corners white”.
I know this is a small change but it still sets a worrying precedent. If you weren’t aware there was a whole fiasco over the publisher editing Roald Dahl’s books in the UK.
by CyberGhostface
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I would happily burn every copy of IT that ending is revolting
I think censorship in any form is harmful and reductive, even in a case like this. The works in their original form should be discussed, dissected and understood not erased. Growth has never come from erasure.
That’s not good. I recently read a book called “James” with the n-word all the way through. Books reflect life and shouldn’t be censored.
It’s called bowdlerizing and was considered anathema to literature until recently.
If the original author wants to change their work that’s their own affair but if a corporation or any subsequent owner of the IP changes it that’s just wrong in my mind. It may be legal but ethically suspect.
This is not censorship. The government isn’t the one telling the publisher to change the text