RL Stine, author of the Goosebumps horror series for children, has accused his publisher of making changes to his books without his permission.
Oh man, this could get fucking spicy. When it came out that he was changing the books, I looked at people's reactions, and there was a bunch of people cheering it on, and saying "Stine was always empathetic," and "what a good guy," and "it's different because this is the author doing it."
It will be fun trying to see these people twist themselves into knots.
Also, real talk, where did the claim that the author was the one making the changes come from? If he really had nothing to do with it, that's a massive clusterfuck.
where did the claim that the author was the one making the changes come from?
I’d guess the chucklefucks just assumed it, because unlike authors like Dahl and Seuss he’s still alive.
Of course the entire argument is a red herring anyways. It’s not like it wouldn’t be censorship if Stine had caved to threats and self-censored instead.
Oh man, this could get fucking spicy. When it came out that he was changing the books, I looked at people's reactions, and there was a bunch of people cheering it on, and saying "Stine was always empathetic," and "what a good guy," and "it's different because this is the author doing it."
It will be fun trying to see these people twist themselves into knots.
Also, real talk, where did the claim that the author was the one making the changes come from? If he really had nothing to do with it, that's a massive clusterfuck.
He is, that’s why he wants you to go for a walk fatty
I’d guess the chucklefucks just assumed it, because unlike authors like Dahl and Seuss he’s still alive.
Of course the entire argument is a red herring anyways. It’s not like it wouldn’t be censorship if Stine had caved to threats and self-censored instead.
Glad to see he isn’t behind it. Goosebumps were an easy and entertaining read.
[Edited to rephrase and correct] I posted a Deadline article that reported on this. It (and likely others) sourced a report from The Times (UK).