@cdedward — reminds me of how I was totally ignorant of the Harry Potter books until I read about how the local Blue Hair Mafia was picketing the release of PRISONER OF AZKABAN at the local Barnes & Noble.
We’d have to shut down most of the federal government if they started obeying the Constitution. No need to burn the document when indifference and apathy will do.
The list is enormous. Books such as “Little House on the Prairie,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Huck Finn,” & “Tarzan of the Apes” have all been banned. The most ironic is the banning of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”
I love this. Years ago, I gave my son a T-shirt that said,”Celebrate freedom. Read a banned book.” and listed the most popular banned books. He wore it proudly.
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Huck Finn, Catcher in the Rye, Howl (though merely a poem). Dr. Z in Russia, the Bible in Q’uran READING countries on and on.
Universal truth: If it makes you think, consider points one way or the other, it scares SOMEONE and they want it gone.
zero over 13 years ago
Stephen King’s “books” should be hacked up. But that would be redundant…
Bill Thompson over 13 years ago
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
cdward over 13 years ago
Don’t forget the Harry Potter books. Oh so dangerous.
Yukoneric over 13 years ago
Bu if you tell us not to read it we’ll have to read it to see why……….
librisleo over 13 years ago
Thank you, Pab. As a librarian, I thoroughly approve.
phydeaux44 over 13 years ago
@cdedward — reminds me of how I was totally ignorant of the Harry Potter books until I read about how the local Blue Hair Mafia was picketing the release of PRISONER OF AZKABAN at the local Barnes & Noble.
3hourtour Premium Member over 13 years ago
…don’t laugh..the Constitution’s next…
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
herr 3 hour, not ALL of the constitution. just the parts that get in our way…… like that pesky 14th amendment…..whose idea was THAT one?
some socialist, no doubt!
sieg heil!
Technojunkie over 13 years ago
We’d have to shut down most of the federal government if they started obeying the Constitution. No need to burn the document when indifference and apathy will do.
scrabblefiend over 13 years ago
Some of the best reading is from the banned books list. Think of Huckleberry Finn.
Pab Sungenis creator over 13 years ago
biblio: I do this most years. I think 2007 was the only year I didn’t, and that was the year I was hospitalized around the time of Banned Books Week.
madbristowart over 13 years ago
Pab, you can have your liver removed without being hospitalized you know. Like in that scene from Monty Python’s “Meaning Of Life”.
cwreenactor over 13 years ago
The list is enormous. Books such as “Little House on the Prairie,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Huck Finn,” & “Tarzan of the Apes” have all been banned. The most ironic is the banning of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”
leilahosley over 13 years ago
I love this. Years ago, I gave my son a T-shirt that said,”Celebrate freedom. Read a banned book.” and listed the most popular banned books. He wore it proudly.
captainedd over 13 years ago
I would like to use the Banned Books list as “Books You Should Read Before You Die.”
vldazzle over 13 years ago
NOOO! Banned books week includes my birthday?!!! Tell me NOT! I want to read anything that is prohibited (as long as it’s fun and interesting).
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Any we’ve mentioned, vi.