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View Poll Results: Which BANNED BOOK shall we discuss in September? | |||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's [UK: …Philosopher's] Stone by J.K. Rowling | 10 | 30.30% | |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky | 6 | 18.18% | |
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler | 2 | 6.06% | |
The Golden Compass [UK: The Northern Lights] by Philip Pullman | 14 | 42.42% | |
Candide by Voltaire | 16 | 48.48% | |
Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce | 10 | 30.30% | |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn | 12 | 36.36% | |
Beloved by Toni Morrison | 9 | 27.27% | |
The Castle by Franz Kafka | 12 | 36.36% | |
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler | 6 | 18.18% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll |
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08-27-2015, 06:53 AM | #16 | |
Bah, humbug!
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Welcome to the Club, and be sure to check out the Literary Book Club as well. The emphasis is somewhat different, but many of the same people participate in both clubs. |
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08-27-2015, 05:13 PM | #17 | |
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It’s my sense that there is no one here who has been lurking in the club awaiting the opportunity to read an evil work by an evil man because they’re seeking some input and coaching on how to encourage fascism and genocide. Nor is anyone trying to be mean and nasty to others. The club seems pretty interested in reading banned books through the lens of our current world and sensibilities to discuss their literary, historical and possibly political merits. The reason I won’t vote for the book in question is because I have read it and can discuss ad nauseam the frightening horrors it contains. I have no desire to read it again. There are many topics or themes, sexual abuse being one, that finds its way into many very good books worthy of reading and discussing. However, in the interest of avoiding painful triggers, some individuals bow out of the reading and discussions simply to protect themselves. They don’t accuse everyone who’s interested of being cruel, mean, nasty, insensitive, uncaring, unfeeling etc. I don’t mind hearing why you’re not interesting in reading something, in fact I appreciate that. Really! But no one in the club benefits from being called names for their reading interests. |
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08-27-2015, 08:00 PM | #18 |
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Well said ccowie. I considered voting for it since I haven't read it before (only HP from this list) and it could make for an interesting study but decided against it due to the length; the version I looked at is 600+ pages. I don't want to spend that much time reading a work that I would feel sickened by despite my curiosity.
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08-28-2015, 12:37 AM | #19 |
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Am I the only one who sees the irony in calling for a book to be banned when the very subject here is "banned books"? To my mind, "Mein Kampf" is the natural winner in this list, because it has far more justification to be banned than everything else in the list combined.
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08-28-2015, 01:13 AM | #20 |
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Yes, it's ironic. But going beyond that statement would get us into a discussion about politics that is definitely out of scope here. Personally, I have no truck with censorship. Full stop. And no desire to read Mein Kampf.
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08-28-2015, 05:22 AM | #21 |
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I didn’t know Beloved was ever banned...
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08-28-2015, 06:02 AM | #22 |
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Even as recently as 2013 it was called for to be banned:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...e79_story.html |
08-28-2015, 07:15 AM | #23 | |
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I did not vote for Mein Kampf during the nomination process or in this ongoing balloting for two reasons. One reason is pretty much what Issybird has stated. This group is probably just not the place to discuss it. My second reason is that having at one time attempted to read it I was unable to finish it not because of the point of view, but because it was just crap writing. Last edited by Hamlet53; 08-28-2015 at 08:27 AM. |
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08-28-2015, 08:10 AM | #24 | |
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No it doesn’t, Beloved never was a banned book! (it's a great book though) |
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08-28-2015, 09:40 AM | #25 |
Bah, humbug!
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I'd like to see some more love for Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce; especially seeing as how we have no short story category next year.
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08-28-2015, 09:55 AM | #26 | |
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http://www.care2.com/causes/banned-b...s-beloved.html I believe "banned" is the short title for the category. The category also includes challenged books, IMO. I admit that I assumed it was banned somewhere due to the controversial nature of some of the content. |
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08-28-2015, 10:18 AM | #27 | |
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08-28-2015, 10:27 AM | #28 | |
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08-28-2015, 10:54 AM | #29 | |
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08-28-2015, 11:13 AM | #30 |
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Hey, Candide is funny and it's short. Free, too. It doesn't get any more enjoyable than that.
This in contrast to the last two months, one of which was prohibitively long, the other prohibitively expensive and neither funny. Although Bierce would be good, too. Let's do one now, the other in January! |
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