Category Archives: Banned Books

Summer Reading List

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Solonor

I think I’m ready for the beach. Folding chair? CHECK! Towel? CHECK! Sunscreen (SPF 2000)? CHECK! Book bag? CHECK! Peril-sensitive sunglasses to protect me from the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries? CHECK! Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week 2004

Posted on September 22, 2004 by Solonor

Sept. 25-Oct. 2 I almost forgot about Banned Books Week (I love that they used Captain Underpants on their graphic this year.) Every year the American Library Association highlights the top 10 books that people tried to have removed from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Education Last!

Posted on September 25, 2003 by Solonor

I love this story from Kenya: Archbishop Says Ban Book From Schools Catholic Archbiship Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki has advised that a book by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. A Man of the People is a 40-year-old book that deals with politics … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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SciFi Classics Challenged

Posted on September 23, 2003 by Solonor

From the Rio Grande Valley of Texas comes word of challenges to Huxley and Heinlein. Apparently, Huxley’s Brave New World and Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land are “pornographic”. One of the misconceptions about Banned Books Week, I think, is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Free Banned Books!

Posted on September 22, 2003 by Solonor

Unfortunately, I did not get off the ground fast enough to tell you about the September 21 BookCrossing event for Banned Books Week. Bookcrossing.com, in case you’re not familiar with it, is an organization that encourages you to leave a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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100 Challenged Books

Posted on September 21, 2003 by Solonor

I just finished putting all 100 entries from the frequently challenged books list into the new Banned Books Project. It took a little longer than I expected, because I wanted to verify all the links. I had to come up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Where does the time go?

Posted on September 20, 2003 by Solonor

It seems like just yesterday I was ranting and raving about some crap. Oh… wait… that was yesterday. Never mind. Well, on today’s rave-o-rama calendar is the start of Banned Books Week. Last year, as part of my contribution to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I’d Rather You’d Hate Me

Posted on May 15, 2003 by Solonor

Ever since the Banned Books Project, about once a month I get an e-mail that goes something like this: You fucking moron! How can you sit there all smug and self-righteous and advocate banning books? Just because you have a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Heaven forfend that we doth offend!

Posted on February 10, 2003 by Solonor

Today’s tidbit is from our own lovely state (specifically the Escambia School District), where our good friend Huck Finn is being removed from the middle school curriculum. Of course, there are two perfectly logical reasons for this: One student complained, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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100 Banned Books (91-100)

Posted on September 25, 2002 by Solonor

Halle-frickin-lujah!! It’s done. Now, go check out the entire list at https://solonor.com/bannedbooks.php. Oh, and I got word that NewPages.com is going to feature my snidely commentary tomorrow on their weblog…I’m a legend in me own mind… Continue reading →

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