# I'm \*finally\* reading The Princess Bride! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088 "2006-12-06T17:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/21 "2006-12-06T21:31:21Z")
Oh… nevermind. From Wiki: > **[The Princess Bride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride#Reunion_scene)** > > The Princess Bride may refer to: In addition to the “original Morgenstern” passages that Goldman says he cut, he also claims in the book to have written a new scene: a loving reunion between Buttercup and Westley after they have been apart for many years. In the novel, the Goldman character says that there was an objection to his adding text that was not written by Morgenstern to the book (Goldman was only allowed to excise text) but any reader who wants to read the Reunion Scene may write to the publisher (formerly Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; now Random House) and receive one for only the cost of a self-addressed stamped envelope. Many readers wrote in to the publisher and did receive a letter,[1] but instead of an extra scene, the letter detailed the (obviously fictitious) legal problems that Goldman and his publishers encountered with the Morgenstern estate and its lawyer, Kermit Shog. This letter was revised and updated periodically; the 1987 revision mentioned the movie, while the 25th Anniversary Edition publishes the letter with an addendum about Kermit’s lawyer granddaughter Carly. A copy of the letter is here: [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/89q4nb/reunion.982.html](http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/89q4nb/reunion.982.html) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/22 "2006-12-06T23:50:14Z")
I enjoyed the book, but it is one of the few books that I have read where I enjoyed the movie more. OTOH, it is one of the few books that I have read AFTER watching the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/23 "2006-12-07T01:00:07Z")
I’m glad I’m not the only one who fell for the “good parts” joke. In my defense, I must have been ten years old. After seeing the movie in theaters, I decided I wanted to read the book. I looked at the bookstore, but the only version they had said it was abridged. I wasn’t about to read an abridgment, so I didn’t buy it. I was very frustrated, but I didn’t see the book again until I was about 25, by which time I knew the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/24 "2006-12-07T01:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I enjoyed the book, but it is one of the few books that I have read where I enjoyed the movie more. OTOH, it is one of the few books that I have read AFTER watching the movie. [/QUOTE] The book is certainly…darker than the movie. I love both though. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/25 "2006-12-07T01:37:08Z")
Bought it, put it on the shelf, thought about reading it, decided I needed to wait until I could find the “real” version (before the movie, after the wheel). Now I just need to go read the darned thing. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/26 "2006-12-07T01:40:55Z")
I always wondered if Sandy Sterling ever got a part in _The Boys From Brazil_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088/27 "2006-12-07T02:01:10Z")
There are no more starlets. They’re extinct, dummy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-reading-the-princess-bride/383088.md?page=1)