pete@stc.UUCP (Peter Kendell) (09/18/85)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: Xpath: stc stc-b stc-a In article <34@druhi.UUCP> holder@druhi.UUCP (HolderML) writes: > >Can anyone post an "official" list of banned books to the net? (and reasons >for their banning?). It would be interesting to see. > > Mike Holder > AT&T-IS Denver, CO > druhi!holder Well, for a start, 'Black Beauty' (a Victorian children's story about a horse) is banned in South Africa!!! -- Peter Kendell <pete@stc.UUCP> ...mcvax!ukc!stc!pete 'Only too far is far enough'
elric@proper.UUCP (elric) (09/18/85)
<snack> Well the main problem with posting the entire list is that it is about 100+ pages long. Your local libaray or bookseller might have a copy. Elric
gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit) (09/20/85)
In article <589@stc-b.stc.UUCP> pete@stc.UUCP (Peter Kendell) writes: > >Well, for a start, 'Black Beauty' (a Victorian children's story about >a horse) is banned in South Africa!!! It's a lie, lie, lie! (or did you mean to add a :-) ? I read the book a long time ago, in South Africa, and it certainly has not been banned since then.
rlr@stcvax.UUCP (Roger Rose) (09/20/85)
>Can anyone post an "official" list of banned books to the net? (and reasons >for their banning?). It would be interesting to see. > > Mike Holder The book of lists contains a list of the most frequently banned books in the USA. Among them are "1984" and "The Scarlet Letter". "The Scarlet Letter" is banned due to sexual content (and probably offending peoples image of ministers). Unfortunately, it was mandatory reading at my high school. -- Roger Rose UUCP: {hao ihnp4 decvax}!stcvax!rlr USnail: Storage Technology Corp. - MD 3T / Louisville, Co. 80028
dhenson@islenet.UUCP (Donald D. Henson) (09/21/85)
. . . > >September 16-22 is National Banned Book Week. > > > >. . . Anybody interested in starting a newsgroup about banned books? Don Henson Infosys Consulting
levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (09/24/85)
In article <1644@islenet.UUCP>, dhenson@islenet.UUCP (Donald D. Henson) writes: >. . . > >> >September 16-22 is National Banned Book Week. >> > >> >. . . > >Anybody interested in starting a newsgroup about banned books? > >Don Henson >Infosys Consulting Why not just move it to net.books? -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy
john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) (10/02/85)
> > <snack> > > Well the main problem with posting the entire list is that it is about 100+ > pages long. > Your local libaray or bookseller might have a copy. > Elric > Unless it was banned........ -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA "Out of my way, I'm a scientist!" - War of the Worlds