Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List 229
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from the words-are-dangerous dept.
from the words-are-dangerous dept.
destinyland writes "The American Library Association released this year's list of the most-frequently censored books. (Included in the top 10 are two best-selling novels — Twilight and The Hunger Games — as well as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.) The annual list celebrates 'the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment,' according to the library association, highlighting 'the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship.' Interestingly, seven of the ten most-censored books are now available on Amazon's Kindle — more than twice as many as last year."
Re:Banned Classics...1984 eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Does anyone else find it a tad ironic that 1984 is among the books "censored"? Maybe they should remove Fahrenheit 451 as well. :)
I would go with enforcing conversion of the title to "Celsius 233". I am the SI unit Nazi