Banned Books

[KG Christopher]

'Down with this sort of thing'

List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Which have you read?

I have read these, am I a dangerous subversive?

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
The Bible
Borstal Boy
Brave New World
The Canterbury Tales
Catch-22
The Da Vinci Code (Sorry)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Frankenstein
The Grapes of Wrath
The Gulag Archipelago
Lysistrata
Madame Bovary
Moll Flanders
Nineteen Eighty-Four
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Satanic Verses
Schindler's Ark
Sophie's Choice

 

[Carol Rose]

Jeez I've read almost all of those, most before I reached high school. LOL!! Call me a rebel I guess...

 

[Boopadoo]

Yeah, me too. And at least 7 or 8 on that list were required reading as part of my high school English curriculum...

 

[Bluma Bezbroda]

Just to add a grim general comment: that popped up on my FB wall today

Books By People of Color Are Disproportionately Likely to Be Banned | Bitch Media

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Surely, most banned books from history is an indication of political oppression. That still happens today, of course, but some titles that would have been banned a few decades ago now become flagrant attempts at an author seeking attention.

I'm thinking of the recent fuss about Hilary Mantel's short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, and James Patterson's decision not to publish The Killing of Stephen King.

Banning books, like banning drugs, creates a demand for them.

 

[KG Christopher]

Yes, it seems to be a trend, do something outrageous, but only when you know you will receive publicity. Mary Whitehouse was always trying to get stuff banned off the beeb, only to increase demand for said 'obscenities'.

I think if you look at the comic books, more of those get banned now.

 

[James Marinero]

Yes, it seems to be a trend, do something outrageous, but only when you know you will receive publicity. Mary Whitehouse was always trying to get stuff banned off the beeb, only to increase demand for said 'obscenities'.

I think if you look at the comic books, more of those get banned now.