[Ryan]

http://www.theninthconfiguration.com/#aug32011

 

:: Further 40th Details     
     
Dear TNC.com readers – a bit of new and exciting news from Bill regarding the 40th Anniversary Edition of The Exorcist!

Dear Ryan,

I forgot to tell you that the 40th Anniversary Edition of The Exorcist will have a touch of new material in it as part of an all-around polish of the dialogue and prose. First time around I never had the time (meaning the funds) to do a second draft, and this, finally, is it. With forty years to think about it, a few little changes were inevitable — plus one new character in a totally new very spooky scene. This is the version I would like to be remembered for.

All the best,
Bill

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Posted on August 3, 2011

[bursyl]

TDYNR (The draft you never read) is an enormous step toward TRYNHF (the remake you never hoped for).

[fraroc]

But what about TRMASAMWTS2? (The Remakes Me And Sofia Are Making With The Sims 2)

 

XD

[bursyl]

But seriously, an on-screen adaptation of the second draft of the novel would, technically, not be a remake of the first movie.

[Jason Stringer]

bursyl said:

But seriously, an on-screen adaptation of the second draft of the novel would, technically, not be a remake of the first movie.

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That's what they always say  😉

[Sofia]

When I opened an email from Justin with this news I thought I was going to faint…. What a dream to me it'll be to read new dialogue and prose.

[fatherbowdern]

Sofia said:

When I opened an email from Justin with this news I thought I was going to faint…. What a dream to me it'll be to read new dialogue and prose.

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Sof, just don't be disappointed if that new dialogue and prose disjoints the characters and changes the pace of this masterpiece.

Father B

[Sofia]

I doubt that, FatherB! The novel is a masterpiece but it reads a lot like a screenplay. In my opinion, some sentences/dialogues need to be improved. I just can't wait to read this version, I hope it has 500+ pages!!  Ahh…. September seems so far away!

[epicwin123]

I do think some of the sentences were a little bit akward, as in, they did not sound like proper english. (But what do I know? ) But I can't wait to read it! And september is not that far away! Not for me aleast, school's starting. D;

[granville1]

Come to think of it, there is one obvious grammatical error, and one mis-citation, in Blatty's original novel.

The grammatical error is the description of Karras realizing that one of Regan's manifestations is not really supernatural, but rather merely, disappointingly, natural/paranormal: “as he slowly watched wine turning back into water”. Of course, Karras's vision or eyes are not working “slowly”. Instead “wine” seems to be slowly returning to its original form of water.

The mis-citation, corrected in subsequent editions, is a segment heading of scriptural citation that was erroneously attributed to St. Paul, rather than correctly, to St. John.

[Justin]

FYI, Amazon currently have both editions for a special price.

Paperback:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006209436X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=captaicomthee-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399701&creativeASIN=006209436X

Hardcover:

http://www.amazon.com/Exorcist-Anniversary-William-Peter-Blatty/dp/0062094351

[hammer horror]

I got mine today. It looks very nice… I will read it soon and I hope it won't disappear like the past editions I bought!

[GhettoExorcist]

Can anyone enlighten us on some of the changes that were made?

[Author]

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