tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post3562268027493471261..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: To Hell in a Handbasketmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-231872208261645732007-06-15T15:54:00.000-05:002007-06-15T15:54:00.000-05:00The big question is not so much that they're cutti...The big question is not so much that they're cutting up to 40% as what 40% they're cutting. What I really find annoying is the (hopefully) sarcastic statement "They are intended for trouble-free consumption by people with far better things to do than read the whole books."<BR/><BR/>Presumably when they cut that 40% of text they'll also cut the bits that some people somewhere object to. Paging Doctor Bowdler.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-8500833712061446522007-06-15T13:31:00.000-05:002007-06-15T13:31:00.000-05:00I'm not sure which scares me more: a) that a publi...I'm not sure which scares me more: a) that a publisher would carve up some of the classics, or b) that some people will buy these books and claim to have read the actual works.<BR/><BR/>"Oh, yeah I read Anna Karenina. That's the one about the Russian chick trying to catch a train, right?"Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-64655750770147040442007-06-15T12:33:00.000-05:002007-06-15T12:33:00.000-05:00Myb thy lft t th vwls.Jrr HsMyb thy lft t th vwls.<BR/><BR/>Jrr HsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28856668450808779662007-06-15T11:06:00.000-05:002007-06-15T11:06:00.000-05:00See, I don't get it. It's not the length that make...See, I don't get it. It's not the length that makes these works difficult. It's the complexity of plot and language. Less might make it harder to understand.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69723595478972703162007-06-15T10:20:00.000-05:002007-06-15T10:20:00.000-05:00Sure to be as collectible as the Readers Digest co...Sure to be as collectible as the Readers Digest condensed books.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.com