That article says they started doing this in 2020, better get older copies.
They know people don't want this shit, that's why they hide it when they're doing it. I wonder how many other books we will find out have been stealth edited.
At least that one is an outright "you cannot use that word at all" censor. I don't agree with the bullshit around it, but it makes sense from the angle of society itself banning use of that word (sometimes kinda whenever they feel like it).
The rest of these are just made up sensibilities that no one would even think to remove until they did it.
That article says they started doing this in 2020, better get older copies.
They know people don't want this shit, that's why they hide it when they're doing it. I wonder how many other books we will find out have been stealth edited.
They got to Ten Little Niggers long before that. Though I think she was still alive and approved that.
At least that one is an outright "you cannot use that word at all" censor. I don't agree with the bullshit around it, but it makes sense from the angle of society itself banning use of that word (sometimes kinda whenever they feel like it).
The rest of these are just made up sensibilities that no one would even think to remove until they did it.
Oh I thought that original title wars ten little Indians because of the song
When I first read it, it was called "And Then There Were None." Two rounds of PC treadmilling.
The book I have is And Then There Were None
It’ll be amusing when Orwell, Huxley and Kafka come under the gaze of the censors…
At that point, we’ve reached post irony post truth…
I’m sure they each imagined that might happen - we’ve just sleepwalked into a weird combination-dystopia that takes elements from each of them…