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Originally Posted by Andybaby
as a side note, if i see a verson of a story that has been modified, it would make me more likely to read that story, the original as well as the modified version, because someone has liked it enough to change it, i would want to see if i agree with those changes or not.
a quick example of a famous story would be Podkayne of Mars, where Heinleins publisher made him not kill the Main character, but in later printings included both endings.
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... or Dickens' "Great Expectations", where the same thing happened. Modern editions (and the version available here at MR) include both endings.