Double Love 1983 vs Double Love 2008

[daisers]

The reissued books are soooo different that I felt the urge to compare the two. So, read along with me, if you want...

The very first sentences:
1983: "Oh, Lizzie, do you believe how absolutely horrendous I look today!" Jessica Wakefield groaned as she stepped in front of her sister, Elizabeth, and stared at herself in the bedroom mirror.
2008: "

Comments

[dramaturgy]

I'm pretty sure PBA and PE are the sorority/fraternity... Phi Beta Epsilon and whatever.

I am so sad that I know that. *shame*

[augustuscaesar]

Yup, that's it - Pi Beta Alpha and Phi Epsilon :)

[redacted]

Ohhh, okay. I knew PBA but I was thinking PE meant Physical Education, lol.

[dramaturgy]

That's the first place my brain goes, admittedly. Will I never leave high school? XD

[hanfastolfe]

I kind of like the 1983 version better in that "get offa my lawn, you whippernsapper 2008 book" kind of way.

Then [Todd's] legs in gray pants....[Winston] was wearing a button-down shirt and chinos, and his curly hair had been tamed by about a gallon of gel.

I swear to god the slash writes itself in the new book though.

I also notice the new book actually mentions the r-word, and it makes me wonder if whoever redid the galleys for the new book knows about the 1bruce1 comm.

[melody_power]

What is the r word?

Edit: Oh nvm, "rape" right? Apparently, I lost my brain today. Fortunately I have reclaimed it. ;)

[hanfastolfe]

Hey. Wow, was it really two years ago I commented here? Anyway, *waves* hihi. :)

Feeling nostalgic? :P

[nen_yim]

I know where all the hottest girls live...It's like radar."

It's like he has ESPN or something.

Strangely enough, the 2008 version of the Rick/Todd fight sounds even cheesier than the 1983 one. I am intrigued by the image of the "hard, short jabs" though. In my mind it looks like something out of Mortal Kombat.

[winstonegbert]

Wait....Olivia Davidson got squashed by a COPPER-COLOURED FRIDGE???
And the Spanish tiles are apparently red. Gross - I thought Alice was supposed to be an interior designer.

While I bought the new editions, they made me feel sad and hollow. The 80's-ness with 1950s references is part of the appeal of SV. Liz is supposed to wait on Steven, and Rick Andover's pick up lines are supposed to be cheesy, and Enid is supposed to say creepy, deep and meaningful things to Elizabeth. Dammit, 2008 ghosties! If kids want salacious, trashy pop fiction they'll just watch gossip girl, anyhow.

[sweet_atrocity]

And Ned is a "lawyer".

[versipellis]

This is... fascinating. In a kind of weird way. Especially as they haven't just changed the references, but switched stuff around and rephrased it. *is a dork*