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Show HN: Personalize Romeo and Juliet or Pride and Prejudice

56 pointsby rhythmvsover 8 years ago

10 comments

phaemonover 8 years ago
I think I&#x27;ve spotted a flaw in this cunning plan:<p><i>&quot;For never was a story of more woe<p>Than this of Juliet and her Sam.&quot;</i><p>Doesn&#x27;t really work.<p>Wait, clearly I&#x27;ve chosen the wrong name. I can fix this!<p><i>&quot;For never was a story of more woe<p>Than this of Juliet and her Frododo.&quot;</i><p>Perfect!
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nitemiceover 8 years ago
So basically is an adult, public-domain version of those books you can get for children, where they insert their name in the story. e.g. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.simplypersonalized.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;personalized-spiderman-book&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.simplypersonalized.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;personalized-spide...</a>
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pavel_lishinover 8 years ago
&gt; <i>Imagine you and your sweetheart starring in the greatest love stories of all time: personalize Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet</i><p>It&#x27;s not a great love story, it&#x27;s a cautionary tale of how reckless teenagers who are too quick to jump to conclusions.
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ChicagoBoy11over 8 years ago
This looks stunning.<p>Not that it really matters, but without sanitation of the name input fields I was able to put in some html to really make the rendered text quite wonky.<p>Stunning project!
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Insanityover 8 years ago
This is a great idea, absolutely love it! It&#x27;s a great gift for couples who like to read thought I would not just personalize any classic and read it that way. As an avid reader, this is something that I really want in my collection of books.<p>I&#x27;m sure I&#x27;ll make my wife happy with this personalized Romeo and Julliet as well. Though I think I might be more excited for it than her :D
pbhjpbhjover 8 years ago
I take it the spiel on that page wasn&#x27;t written by a native speaker? The flow seems very strange. Don&#x27;t get me wrong, it&#x27;s excellent English on the whole, just a bit weird.<p>In part it reads like the page was written to sell a publishing platform and then modified to sell search-and-replaced names in books.<p>Personally I can&#x27;t see a market for it at all; yet there seems to be several gushing positive comments here (maybe a bit too positive, it looks suspicious, but perhaps I&#x27;m just not the target).<p>Has anyone really ever thought &quot;oh I wish my name was in P&amp;P instead of Mr Darcy&quot;?<p>Mind you I find the children&#x27;s version of this saccharin too; bowdlerising a classic just seems to make it even worse.
broheeover 8 years ago
The typography of the web page looks all wonky on FF&#x2F;Windows, with the text being blurry and wavy...<p>Puts me off going further.
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Katrijnvbover 8 years ago
Wow, I would love to read a classic with a twist. Whimsical, and most of all, it looks gorgeous. Great gift!
edentover 8 years ago
That&#x27;s absolutely lovely! And the site works really well on mobile. Kudos!
magic_beansover 8 years ago
Am I the only one here who finds this to be a ridiculous idea? The joy of reading doesn&#x27;t exactly come from seeing your own name replacing Jane Eyre&#x27;s.
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