# One More Pass

> One More Pass is a transparent literary project that gives public-domain classics one more careful, human-directed editorial pass and shows readers what changed.

## Canonical facts

- Canonical website: https://onemorepassbooks.com/
- Current featured experiment: The War of the Worlds — One More Pass Edition, based on H. G. Wells's 1898 classic.
- Current status: preview and comparison site; this experiment is not presented as publication-approved and does not replace the original.
- The first release slate has six books: Dracula; The Turn of the Screw; Frankenstein; The Moonstone; The Great Gatsby; and The Woman in White.
- The project tests bounded changes to pacing, continuity, character agency and scene pressure while looking for losses in strangeness, narrative distance and authorial texture.

## Editorial method

1. Analyse what is weak and what must be protected.
2. Make a bounded set of changes.
3. Challenge the rewrite for unintended losses.
4. Document the significant choices and trade-offs.
5. Let readers compare the original and the experiment.

## Important distinctions

- One More Pass is AI-assisted, but human-directed and source-bound.
- The original text remains a valid answer; the project does not claim to correct classic books or replace their authors.
- The five books besides The War of the Worlds are works in preparation, not finished editions.

## Key pages

- Experiment overview: https://onemorepassbooks.com/#experiment
- Original-versus-edited comparison: https://onemorepassbooks.com/#comparison
- Editorial process: https://onemorepassbooks.com/#about
- Release slate: https://onemorepassbooks.com/#books
- Project FAQ: https://onemorepassbooks.com/#faq