Bedtime stories

[unixronin]

When reading kids their bedtime stories, the most frightening thing to upon opening a book bearing the name of some classic fairy tale is "Retold by ..."

Because when you see that, you just know it's going to SUCK.  Because if the ... "reteller" ... had any actual writing ability, they'd be coming up with their own story, instead of filing the serial numbers off someone else's to make the result copyrightable.

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Well sure, 'cause that was a literary device.