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[brigid_rising]

Hey, it's banned books week! I read banned books -JK Rowling and Stephen King are number 4 and 7 respectively on the list of 10 most challenged authors 1990-2004, and the HP series is the number 7 most challenged book of the 90's - and I stand against censorship in all its wiley forms, so I thought I'd commemorate the week. Feel free to pass around

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[undiestakr]

I just looked at that and the scary stories series is number one. I loved that book growing up...I'm damned glad my parents didn't put any store by it...

[undiestakr]

And then I read further. The sleeping beauty trilogy, which is simply erotica, is number 53. I mean, you read that book and you start to wonder by page 30 how many different ways a person can describe spanking, and it's that far down the list?

[waning_theurge]

i've read a few chapters of that. i think i concluded that the number of ways a person can describe spanking is at least one more than the number of times i can read about it before i get bored and look for a new book.

[brigid_rising]

I want to know what's up w/ the Captain Underpants books. My brother reads them...wonder why people think they're so awful?

[princess_serena]

Are you sure about Of Mice and Men? I remember HAVING to read that in high school. I believe it was in my junior english class...

[waning_theurge]

the great thing about our First Amendment right is that no book gets truly banned (or if it does, we never hear about it before the Gestapo yank it). in this case, the list is of challenged (A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.) books. they might have even been banned in certain school systems, libraries, or localities, but never on a national scale.

[princess_serena]

thank you.

[brigid_rising]

A lot of junior classes specifically include a banned books section - ours did. Maybe that was the case w/ yours? Plus that whole year was American Literature.

[bardiphouka]

The linguistic difference between banned and challenged is sort of moot if the book is removed from public or school library shelves. Granted, they tend to be local and regional rather than national but that is of little aid at times.