In the world of publishing, there's something called an Advance Reader Copy (ARC), which is a very limited edition of a book that comes out before the official publication dates. Sometimes they have contests where you can win one, although I suspect they also have some other function.
For movies and TV shows, there are advance screeners that sometimes get sent to critics and people who vote on awards, so the production can get good publicity.
These things should be made available to palliative care patients.
Some titles are highly anticipated, including beloved series where people want to know how they end. And, when the patient's death is imminent, there's a high likelihood that they may never find out how it ends.
Which is especially tragic if the work is complete, or close enough to finalized for the reader/viewer to get the story!
I know it can be done - it has been done in the past for young Harry Potter fans with terminal illnesses.
We just need a system to make all stories in all media available to everyone who is terminally ill as soon as humanly possible.
2 comments:
It wouldn't be very difficult to get ARCs to palliative care facilities. Someone at the facility (or an enterprising family member) would contact a publisher and ask to be on their list. A letter explaining why, what it would be used for, how it would be helping, might be useful.
To cut down on a huge research piece to find who to contact at what publisher, they could ask a librarian, to find out who supplies their ARCs.
For non-print media, you'd have to get the facility on a review list. A TV or movie critic could help with that. An actual professional critic who gets review copies automatically.
Really enjoying your 11/11 blogfest, by the way.
Perfect! All the information they need to make this happen as soon as they google upon it!
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