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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger
On a related note, I finally got around to reading The Princess Bride a couple of days ago. It's a great read, and in some ways, better than the movie, though I found the author's frequent asides and explanations of how "his version" supposedly differs from "Morgenstern's version" unnecessary and distracting -- and after awhile, a bit annoying, even. I also thought the ending was less satisfying than was the ending of the movie.
Still, a great read.
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I love that book. I love the movie too, but it's really a whole different animal. Goldman's playing with notions of authorship, memory, alteration, translation, abridgment of abridgments, is one of things I enjoy about the story.
I'm a sucker for book-within-a-book stuff, hence my abject adoration of
The Neverending Story and
If On A Winter's Night a Traveler.