Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.
BJ Muntain
15 years ago
Ah, yes. Bowdlerization has *always* been seen as a public service.
The ‘N-word’? Good gravy. Couldn’t they find a politically correct term that wouldn’t leave a reader annoyed or confused throughout the novel?
When I first heard about this, I’d thought the ad just changed it to get it past spamblocks… but no. It’s a public service to change a word to something so ridiculous that a person wouldn’t be able to get past it. And this is supposed to make it more ‘accessible’?
Consider yourself lucky they didn’t use Morse Code.
Shane
15 years ago
Wordbridge is a Christian conservative publisher, and by their mention of white guilt this does seem to be an attempt to politically correct what they see as offensive text. I’m a little confused…
Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.
Ah, yes. Bowdlerization has *always* been seen as a public service.
The ‘N-word’? Good gravy. Couldn’t they find a politically correct term that wouldn’t leave a reader annoyed or confused throughout the novel?
When I first heard about this, I’d thought the ad just changed it to get it past spamblocks… but no. It’s a public service to change a word to something so ridiculous that a person wouldn’t be able to get past it. And this is supposed to make it more ‘accessible’?
What a black moment in American history.
Holy f-word!
Doug said: Wow. Seeing this I wish publishers took as much care in removing typos and grammatical errors in books they release.
Unless they just used the find-replace function.
Consider yourself lucky they didn’t use Morse Code.
Wordbridge is a Christian conservative publisher, and by their mention of white guilt this does seem to be an attempt to politically correct what they see as offensive text. I’m a little confused…
[…] Edward Champion opens his mailbox, and finds that Amazon.com is offering a new version of Joseph Conrad’s classic The N-word of the Narcissus. […]
Joseph Conrad and Alex Haley both must be turning over in their graves.
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