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In response to "if he wanted it destroyed he should have done it himself. -- nm" by loosilu

or he kept it around, knowing that it wasn't his best work, but hoping to revisit it at some point... -- nm

Posted by znufrii Nov 19 '09, 10:11

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right, it means something to him, he knows it's not 'right', but he doesn't want it published as is. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:12 13
- what if we were talking about a found work of Shakespeare, Twain, Picasso, etc.? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:20 6
  - Picasso left crap all over the place and didn't care if it was bad -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:28 1
    - I was positing if they had given such a provision -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:32
  - no instructions to destroy? publish away. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:20 3
    - I meant if it someone this historically important had given these instructions and a "new" work was found? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:23 2
      - i know that it WOULD get published, but i really don't think it should. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:24 1
        
        I hear you, although I wonder if lapse of copyright would mean that those estates would be able to control it anyway. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:27
- That having been said, however, I do think there is academic and artistic merit in publishing it anyway. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:17 5
  - ST is just not respecting personal wishes today. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:18 4
    - I like how some people will respect the wishes of the new mom...but not the dead author. Hmmm.... -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:32 2
      - there's one crucial difference in those scenarios - znufrii Nov 19, 10:39
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ding. I'd bet this is it. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:11
then it would be stupid to order it destroyed. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:11 18
- if he didn't feel it was up to his standards, and it's inferior quality would besmirch his good name, why would he want to risk it being published? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:13
- Huh? -- nm - mara Nov 19, 10:13
- he knows it's not his best work as it is, he doesn't want it published in it's current form. seems fair. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:12 10
  - but by including this provision in the will seems that he's admitting that he'll never revise it -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:14 8
    - he can always take that out of the will if and when he does complete it to his satisfaction. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:16 1
      - because people are soooo good at revising wills in timely manners! -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:21
    - Or he includes in the hopes that if he recovers from aserious illness he'll get a chance to revisit. if not.....(nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:16
    - not really. things happen, he could be killed by a bus. actually, if i was a famous writer with 'incomplete' works i'd probably make that a standard - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:15 4
      - The will could also have not been specific. "Please destroy any unpublished manuscripts upon my death." -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:16 3
        
        exactly. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:17 2
        
        what if he did revise it without telling anyone, didn't get around to changing the will and then died suddenly? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:18 1
        
        then too bad for humanity. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:18
  - ok, I can see that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:14
- because after he died he'd be able to revisit it? -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:12 4
  - "I'm sick. If I live, I'll go and revisit it. But in case I die, please destroy what I've done so far" -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:15 1
    - Exactly. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:16
  - Sure, haven't you ever heard of.....Ghost Writers. *rimshot* (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:14 1
    - I can see I'm not needed on B1 today ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:15

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