On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, lang thompson wrote:
 
> My question, though, is why
> bother to adapt a book--especially a familiar one--if you're going to
> alter it so radically?
 
 
***because it's cheaper than paying a writer to come up with a wholly new
work.  Books which are in the public domain are fair game...it probably
costs relatively little to get a writer to just adapt the story a bit.
 
 
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