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A comment on Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Friendly Makeover. Parent comment

Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr... by bostonpete on Monday February 27, 2017 @01:25PM (#13746481)
There are plenty of people who don't really swear though. If Weir was cool with the changes, he must've felt like the profanity wasn't crucial to the story.
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Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr... by libeclipse on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:06PM (#13748777)
Well it could be argued that the author's intention is no more correct than the audience's interpretation.
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