Concept: Authors "covering" older books the way that musicians cover older songs.
Who would you like to see cover an old story, and which one? (Author does not need to be alive)
I'd love to see a Pratchett version of The Hitchhiker's Guide.
Who would you like to see cover an old story, and which one? (Author does not need to be alive)
I'd love to see a Pratchett version of The Hitchhiker's Guide.
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Kids are less sure about it
Acid elementals are totally extra though.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/87030/the-chronicles-of-dwynveia-a-slimeling-litrpg/chapter/1831279/bonus-story-1-the-wrath-of-the-gods
Agatha Christie's cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
don't have any particular author in mind tho
It's certainly sparked a lively discussion.
My idea was the same story, but written in the new authors style and voice without changing the story too much.
Like, Disturbed version of Sound Of Silence. Same words, but better.
Scriptwriters do it constantly.
See: Star Wars
@scalzi.com 's Don Quixote
or, on second thought, maybe not
sally rooney covering hamlet.
That or a gothic horror version by Mary Shelly
Or Sir Pratchett's Beast Quest
Or
I read a quote just yesterday: Every first draft is perfect, because it's only purpose is to exist.
From there you develop your prose and voice.
Those books don't deserve anyone so talented as MiΓ©ville
Show the love.
Terry Pratchett does The Cats of Ulthar and The Silver Key
Taking classic works and reinterpreting them into modern language and pacing without losing any of the actual content of the story would be interesting.
Like Les Miserables or The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Like what Alien Ant Farm did for Smooth Criminal.
I bet it would outshine Terfy McTerfface's version and become canon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_Children_(novel)
I only found out about Remixed Classics thanks to this thread. I now have a lot more books on my TBR.
Cover bands sing the original song with stylistic changes. Like, A Little Less Conversation by Junkie XL.
actually, no.
Oh.
(IE: Wuthering Heights is emulated in the sixth chapter of the story of Limbus Company)
I was thinking the literary equivalent of Johnny Cash covering Hurt, though.
It starts off with a reporter aboard one of those Japanese whale processing ships. It gets sunk by the Nautilusβ¦
Ursula K LeGuin covers Mary Shelleyβs Frankenstein
Other than that.. a take on The Secret Garden would be really nice. That's my comfort bookβΊοΈ
Like, say, Pratchett does "The Caves of Steel" or "The Naked Sun".