Thanks for posting. Every time I've read a RLS book lately I've been blown away by how entertaining and well done they are.

Treasure Island - pure gold. Kidnapped - gold.

I recall in the introduction to one of them he explains he wrote these stories for boys. Adventure, danger, fun characters. If you have sons you'll know there is a certain aesthetic young boy love and these books deliver it.

I also was amazed how much I enjoyed his books for adults, like the one about being on a ship as a kid (can't find the name).

If you look into his biography you find some really hard things that I guess he transformed into writing.

It’s been more than forty years (good God!) since I read it, but I recall enjoying Virginibus Puerisque excessively. My delight was doubled when I found out that my mother had read and enjoyed it too. Travels with a Donkey was another hit for me.

I had less luck with Kidnapped. Haven’t tried Treasure Island.

Surprised to see a slur on the front page of HN. Mostly that surprise comes from, "I wonder what the editorial guidelines for the site are? We're supposed to post titles without editing, but should slurs be partially obscured?"

Like, the author can write whatever they want. Let them use a slur in their title if that's what they are going to do. But on HN should slurs be copied exactly? Should they be edited in some way? (E.g. "G*psy", "G[slur]" etc) Does it matter what slur it is (presumably some are more offensive?)

Maybe the right thing to do is still post whatever the author titled their piece?