Here's a refreshing example of literary heirs doing right by their forbears. The estate of James Jones, author of the World War II classic From Here to Eternity (and buddy of Kurt Vonnegut) is making available a digital version of the novel that restores some cussing and some gay sex that was censored from the original manuscript.

The author, James Jones, objected to the changes at the time, arguing in a letter to his editor at Scribner that “the things we change in this book for propriety’s sake will in five years, or ten years, come in someone else’s book anyway.” But eventually he gave in to his publisher.

The article goes on to detail the deal with Open Road, a digital publisher, who will also be releasing back list titles by Jones and even an unreleased title.

It's great to see an author's estate enhancing a work in their trust rather than grave robbing a manuscript on index cards. Now can I please get some uncollected Salinger, please?