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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7676143" data-attributes="member: 177">It is also worth noting that while Burroughs mentioned it, he generally mentioned it once, and then largely ignored it.&nbsp; The books are not loaded with particularly frequent references to nudity through the text, and he does *not* go into graphic descriptions of anatomy. The problem with loading the book with nude art would be that it would be like consistently going into graphic descriptions of anatomy, which doesn't match the books.&nbsp; Lots of nude art would come across as prurient when the original text does not.&nbsp; This is because the books allow you to self-edit the imagery in your own head, as you see fit, while artwork has the opposite effect.&nbsp; This is one of the issues you run into when converting a property from one media to another - sometimes, in order to get the same impact as the original, you actually have to do something *different* in the new medium.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7676143, member: 177"] It is also worth noting that while Burroughs mentioned it, he generally mentioned it once, and then largely ignored it. The books are not loaded with particularly frequent references to nudity through the text, and he does *not* go into graphic descriptions of anatomy. The problem with loading the book with nude art would be that it would be like consistently going into graphic descriptions of anatomy, which doesn't match the books. Lots of nude art would come across as prurient when the original text does not. This is because the books allow you to self-edit the imagery in your own head, as you see fit, while artwork has the opposite effect. This is one of the issues you run into when converting a property from one media to another - sometimes, in order to get the same impact as the original, you actually have to do something *different* in the new medium. [/QUOTE]

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