Fuck abridged editions. No, seriously: fuck them. What's the point? If I'm going to read something, I want to read it. Not some lame watered-down version - the actual work itself. Movie adaptations need to be, well, adapted. I understand that. I might not be happy if I'm a fan of the original, but I'll still deal with it. But abridged books? Fuck
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