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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: 1984
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Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 01:24:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 14 01:24:18 1983
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1984 has more to make you think than just about any other work of
fiction.  It is frightening how accurate some of his observations
and predications have turned out to be.

Take for instance MiniLuv, the Ministry of Love (War) and its
slogan "War is Peace" then remember that Reagan calls the MX
missile the "Peacekeeper".  Has he read 1984??

1984 is the 4th most frequently censored book in the USA according
to a list compiled by Dr. Lee Buress of the University of Wisconsin
at Stevens Point.  This is based on 6 surveys from challenged books
in the nations libraries taken from 1965 to 1982.

People who challenge 1984 must either
a) not have read it, or
b) have completely missed everything that Orwell was trying to alert us
   to, or
c) have completely understood it and don't want others to know what they
   are doing.

Other books amoung the top 30 most censored include

The Catcher in the Rye -- J.D. Salinger
Forever -- Judy Blume
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Slaughterhouse Five -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Learning Tree -- Gordon Parks
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Ken Kesey
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl -- Anne Frank

It's quite a list...  There are some wonderful books on it.
-- 
From the Doubleplus Ungood Keyboard of Mark Callow
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