sadock
Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

This seems to be a hot topic and it didn't have it's own thread yet, so I'm starting one. Scott initially posited the idea on the Thanksgiving Goreline episode and there are several voice mails regarding the issue at the end of Nocturnal 38. There are also quite a few replies to the Goreline post in that thread. It seemed much more appropriate for it to have it's own thread however. Also, for a project of this magnitude, Scott can certainly use *all* the feedback he can get. So sound off junkies!!

To recap the basic rationale:

  • Scott's been contacted by numerous teachers asking him if he'd be willing to re-write The Rookie and remove the foul language, yet leave the plot intact.
  • Educators want to use it for kids who are reading challenged because the content is so much more interesting than the other stuff they have to work with

So what Scott wants your feedback on is should he: A) Leave The Rookie as is B) create a separate youth version or C) change the whole book so there's only one version that is safe for all ages.

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Damn_Dirty_Junkie
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

Will you go the Battlestar Galactica route and invent new swear words?

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Kevinesque
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?
I'm interested to see how the bar fight and Mopook's demise translate into a YA version.
I_AM---
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?
interesting. I agree, how will this play out.
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sadock
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

 I feel assured that the plot and content isn't going to change at all. My understanding is that all he's doing is altering the language a la BSG. So I expect the violence will stay the same, but we will see.

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I_AM---
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

i agree the overall picture will be the same, but the picture will be dimmed a little. 

ala Scott the FDO lite.... 

 

Of course this man will be buying a couple copies to put in the High Schools he goes to work at. 

the other teachers were a little taken aback when I showed up and put ancestor and earhcore on

the shelf. but when infected and contagious showed no one blinked. 

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jmao
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I think you should have a youth version, but don't just do a simple find/replace on f*** with shuck. We all know that we use f*** in a variety of ways to mean a variety of different things. Universally replacing the word with shuck and shucking just doesn't work. I think it would be better to take a lead from the FireFly TV series (Serenity movie). The curse words in that series are made up words that contain sounds and pieces from a number of languages. That makes more sense in a universe hundreds of years from now as human cultures will have continued to merge and affect each other. I read the novel on my phone, and every time I stumbled upon an instance of shuck, it bothered me because it was just stuck out like a audio bleep on TV.
I_AM---
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billy_tal3nt3d
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

to really grow the audiance more and expose alot more people o the greatness of Siglerism. Therefor, I AM all for it. :)


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OJ_Mathis_Wrenn
Re: Should there different (or youth) version of The Rookie?

I say there should be another version of The Rookie... And it should include the first.... 27 chapters... of The Starter...

 

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