I would definitely buy the latter, so I await it eagerly. It will be like the "radio" version of HF, where the mind can supply its own ideas of what is happening in the story. <g> I am not a reactionary. I thought a lot about changing "nigger" to "slave" before I wrote my comment. I can understand the arguments, and as a professor of 27 years, I can understand that some students and their parents don't like what you teach. Even when it seems completely innocuous. I teach computer subjects. I moved to Pennsylvania in 1992 for my present job. Several times since then, while teaching the concept of binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbering systems, I have had students tell me that such systems were against their religion and that "God" had not put those systems in the Bible, and therefore they should not be taught. Seriously. Now, I really don't want to move anyone from his religion, but I have to teach what the subject is, and they have to demonstrate that they have learned it in order to pass the course. I never knew that numbering systems were controversial. I wondered if the Roman numerals the Pontius Pilate presumably used (but which I don't think are explicitly mentioned in the Bible) would provoke the same reaction. At no point did I ever consider not teachijng those numbering systems just because a few people considered them heretical. But, of course, the concerns I dealt with were trivial compared to those of people getting fired because they teach a book with an unliked word in it. I also thought of how old works of art and literature are often updated to reflect contemporary contexts and sensibilities. Kiss Me Kate. West Side Story. Etc. But that is a completely different story. And perhaps a discussion for a different list. Carl > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: a new Adventures of Huckleberry Finn > > Well, I hope this action of Mr. Gribben's in no way distracts from the > two > editions I have planned of Huckleberry Finn coming out in the spring. > One > is a legal/military redacted version where the offensive words are > blacked > out. The other is a MAD LIBS version where the offensive words are > omitted > and replaced with a 15 character space allowing the reader to supply > an > appropriate word of his or her choice. > > Alan C. Reese