25 banned books that you should read today
- added September 07, 2008
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#1 A Day No Pigs Would Die
* Read an Excerpt of A Day No Pigs Would Die
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Harry Potter? ...Really?
Read House of Leaves and get back to me.
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- HUMAN_CRACK
- 3 months ago
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Steal This Book
Little Brother
1984-
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- Dmitri_Molotov
- 3 months ago
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Where are these banned?
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- Owwmykneecap
- 3 months ago
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This is bullshit and not worth voting or even commenting on unless it is to say, 'this is junk bullshit.'
Lord of the Flies? Lady Chatterley’s Lover? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? The Color Purple? Banned? Huh? When?
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Books have been banned, or challenged, mostly from schools and public libraries in different countries. This wiki has a partial list of banned books... where and when.
and here's another link with more titles and descriptions of the challenges http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/ -
Good stuff! And just in time for Banned Books week, September 27 to October 4, 2008.
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Shielding people doesn't help, and books.. they illustrate something... even if it's crap, something is to be gained. Sometimes (good and bad books) you learn to say I will never ever be involved in that...
I read more controversial stuff in 10th grade, but I went to school overseas, DoD school, but top 10 percent on the US nationwide scale. In fact our whole reading list for some classes was way more scary, socially.
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- arcticspirit
- 3 months ago
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The link above lists books banned as late as 1984..
I think they said the Diary of Anne Frank "was a downer"... Yeah. I am a real rebel, have read some of the better banned stuff...Hopefully views are changing... this is a national news release.
NEWS
For Immediate Release
September 3, 2008
ALA President Jim Rettig releases statement on censorship
Chicago - The American Library Association (ALA) opposes book banning and censorship in any form, and supports librarians whenever they resist censorship in their libraries. Since our society is so diverse, libraries have a responsibility to provide materials that reflect the interests of all of their patrons.Each year, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were "challenged" (their removal from school or library shelves was requested). The ALA estimates the number reported represents only about a quarter of the actual challenges.
In support of our efforts to fight censorship, the ALA annually celebrates Banned Books Week – a national celebration of the freedom to read. Observed during the last week of September each year, Banned Books Week reminds Americans not to take the precious democratic freedom to read for granted. This year, Banned Books Week will take place September 27–October 4, 2008.
The American Library Association is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) educational association that supports quality library and information services and public access to information. As such, it is not allowed to take a position on political candidates and strives to be nonpartisan in its activities.
To learn more about book challenges and Banned Books Week please visit http://www.ala.org/bbooks.
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- arcticspirit
- 3 months ago
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I've seen several of these in movie versions. American Psycho, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter, Bridge to Terabithia.
Uhm....Of Mice and Men sucked as a movie. I hated it...every single second and I would NEVER see it again....and that makes me never ever want to read it. Depressing and annoying books can't give me a message other than OMG I could write better.
Ulysses -- Read that in school.
The Catcher in the Rye -- Want to read that.
On that picture I've read and seen Catch-22. That made me laugh to see that one up there...but it's no on the list. Why someone would banned that book is like someone banning The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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I love this post! What a perfect way to highlight the absurdities and ironies of censorship.
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- JanaPokana
- 3 months ago
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Maybe the better question is...
Who under 40 actually reads books today? Yeah!
If it's not a school/college assignment... then there are cliff notes.. reading, but less. And movies, why bother to read if you can see a move?But reading does help with self expression. Of course some people might not understand what you are saying.
Also movies cut like 2/3 of the good stuff out. sigh.
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- arcticspirit
- 3 months ago
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So many great books on that list, Moll Flanders, Ulysses, Arabian nights, Silas Marner, some of my favourites.
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- rabidlemur
- 3 months ago
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Where the @#$% was Naked Lunch?
*The Giver was required reading for me in middle school. Not exactly banned...
