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Originally Posted by WillAdams
The Greeks invented everything, all else is variation.
Of course, one could hope for a bit of variation done w/ taste and style and insight.
Fred Saberhagen's re-visiting of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and Sherlock Holmes for one example of this sort of thing done very well.
William
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Ah now, you touched upon what is at the heart of my hatred. All that you have mentioned is reinvention, not mere addition. All these so-called 'mashups' are just addendum to the already established classics, and they trade upon the classic nature of the original. If, for instance, someone wrote the story of Anna Karenina from the viewpoint of cyborgs, that might be interesting, that might be worthy of reading time. But not this drivel that's being pumped out recently.