Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site stcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!stcvax!rlr From: rlr@stcvax.UUCP (Roger Rose) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: banned book week Message-ID: <413@stcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 11:06:44 EDT Article-I.D.: stcvax.413 Posted: Fri Sep 20 11:06:44 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 06:39:36 EDT References: <34@druhi.UUCP>, <589@stc-b.stc.UUCP> Organization: Storage Technology Corp. Louisville, CO Lines: 17 >Can anyone post an "official" list of banned books to the net? (and reasons >for their banning?). It would be interesting to see. > > Mike Holder The book of lists contains a list of the most frequently banned books in the USA. Among them are "1984" and "The Scarlet Letter". "The Scarlet Letter" is banned due to sexual content (and probably offending peoples image of ministers). Unfortunately, it was mandatory reading at my high school. -- Roger Rose UUCP: {hao ihnp4 decvax}!stcvax!rlr USnail: Storage Technology Corp. - MD 3T / Louisville, Co. 80028 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com