Who Knew?

[rolanni]

While searching for Something Entirely Else just now, I discovered Partners in Necessity on a (really, really) llllloooooooonnnnnnnnnggggggggg list of "banned or challenged" books. Dinged for gay, lesbian and bisexual content, byerlady, and deemed possibly inappropriate for children.

Well, um, who said Partners was a kid's book?

Look and wonder.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Hey. They didn't get SUMMER COUNTRY. Should I complain?

(I note the C. S. Lewis "Narnia" stories made the list. Some people are sufficiently dense to sink into granite ledge.)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Hey. They didn't get SUMMER COUNTRY. Should I complain?

Absolutely. Notoriety doesn't grow on trees, you know.

(I note the C. S. Lewis "Narnia" stories made the list. Some people are sufficiently dense to sink into granite ledge.)

Yeah, they got Wrinkle in Time, too.

[herefox.livejournal.com]

I, for one, find it extremely disturbing that you click on the link and the second from the top is "100 questions and answers about AIDS" Because of course we wouldn't want our children to have information that might actually keep them healthy!

And how amusing is it that Fahrenheit 451 is on this list?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"Notoriety doesn't grow on trees, you know."

Okay, where do I apply to get Banned in Boston? I mean, I've got bad language and grue and gore and explicit sex, should meet all the criteria. Some questionable theology and a little sadism thrown in, gratis. But I'm new at this game and don't have any censors in my address book.

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! This is quite an honor.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

>Well, um, who said Partners was a kid's book?

Skiffy is a kid's genre. Didn't you get the memo?

Many congrats!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I am honored to exchange pixels with you--I suppose there are a few worthless books out there which are occasionally challenged, but most of them usually have something useful, important, or Truthful to say about the universe. Hence the fear they engender.

Since NIGHT CALLS and KINDRED RITES could be said to promote the study of witchcraft, I myself keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I need a tee shirt promoting banned books. I have a nifty one that starts out "Free people read books." Time to excavate the tee shirt drawer....