Comments on: The forbidden Tarzan of the Apes (answer to TeleQuiz) http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/02/09/the-forbidden-tarzan-of-the-apes-answer-to-telequiz/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Digital Text Masters: A Future for Public Domain eBooks? | Project Gutenberg News - The News Portal for Gutenberg.org http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/02/09/the-forbidden-tarzan-of-the-apes-answer-to-telequiz/comment-page-1/#comment-887265 Digital Text Masters: A Future for Public Domain eBooks? | Project Gutenberg News - The News Portal for Gutenberg.org Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6168#comment-887265 [...] recent TeleBlog articles about the Project Gutenberg (PG) text Tarzan of the Apes (see 1, 2), suggest that not all is well in the existing corpus of public domain digital [...] [...] recent TeleBlog articles about the Project Gutenberg (PG) text Tarzan of the Apes (see 1, 2), suggest that not all is well in the existing corpus of public domain digital [...]

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/02/09/the-forbidden-tarzan-of-the-apes-answer-to-telequiz/comment-page-1/#comment-224783 pond Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:23:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6168#comment-224783 Thanks first for bringing this to our attention. The real headline however is, "ERB classic text is bowdlerized in print editions." I don't know if this is the work of sensitive Ballantine editors fearful of what librarians might think, or if this is the work of ERB Inc., censoring the man who created the empire they are trying to "protect." This is good evidence supporting Jon Noring's ideal of a "trusted e-edition" ebook. I wonder about other potentially thorny "problems" with ERB's works, to wit: - racism in Tarzan (almost all the "natives" are cannibals, and Tarzan delights in baiting the them as superstitious fools) - other instances of the "last bullet" saved for "girls" fearing rape if they fall into enemy hands - ERB's virulent anti-clericism (all religions are seen as frauds, with a typical comment running along the lines of "as high priest, he knew his cult the best, and therefore believed in it the least") Thanks first for bringing this to our attention.
The real headline however is, “ERB classic text is bowdlerized in print editions.” I don’t know if this is the work of sensitive Ballantine editors fearful of what librarians might think, or if this is the work of ERB Inc., censoring the man who created the empire they are trying to “protect.”
This is good evidence supporting Jon Noring’s ideal of a “trusted e-edition” ebook.

I wonder about other potentially thorny “problems” with ERB’s works, to wit:

- racism in Tarzan (almost all the “natives” are cannibals, and Tarzan delights in baiting the them as superstitious fools)
- other instances of the “last bullet” saved for “girls” fearing rape if they fall into enemy hands
- ERB’s virulent anti-clericism (all religions are seen as frauds, with a typical comment running along the lines of “as high priest, he knew his cult the best, and therefore believed in it the least”)

]]> By: Art Gallegos http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/02/09/the-forbidden-tarzan-of-the-apes-answer-to-telequiz/comment-page-1/#comment-220200 Art Gallegos Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:02:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6168#comment-220200 I've always believed that a lot of the Project Gutenburg e-texts were derived from modern printings. This is why Michael Hart was so fanatical to remove provenance information. He knew a lot of his e-texts came from modern printings and didn't want to get into trouble. It looks like the chickens have finally come home to roost. I’ve always believed that a lot of the Project Gutenburg e-texts were derived from modern printings. This is why Michael Hart was so fanatical to remove provenance information. He knew a lot of his e-texts came from modern printings and didn’t want to get into trouble. It looks like the chickens have finally come home to roost.

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