Comments for Writing in the Wild http://www.writinginthewild.org the homepage of ben pfeiffer Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:52:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Banned Books Week by Kate Morning http://www.writinginthewild.org/2011/09/banned-books-week/#comment-226 Kate Morning Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:52:54 +0000 http://www.writinginthewild.org/?p=2087#comment-226 It’s not enough to just care about books having been banned. This is the digital age and books are going electronic as we speak. The first big attack against a young adult e-book is on Keeley Thomson: Demon Girl By K.L Byron Out in October (not even out yet! Leaked on line only!)from Orange Cat Publishing This isn’t just a “there keeping it from kids at one school in Texas” thing. A group of Christians is lobbying the publisher directly to try and stop the book. Threats have been made. It’s time to take an actual stand and spread the word, or a good book will vanish and the new censorship will grow. We stop this kind of action early and often, or lose more than we can possibly imagine. Why they want it banned? Too sexy? Too gay? Too Demon filled? Sure. But mainly it’s that they think the book undermines Christian belief and they don’t want the competition. I pose this challenge to everyone that reads this and doesn’t want books banned. Get on the web and spread the word about this in ten places, asking others to do the same. Like Roaches, book burners hate the full light of day! It’s not enough to just care about books having been banned. This is the digital age and books are going electronic as we speak.

The first big attack against a young adult e-book is on Keeley Thomson: Demon Girl By K.L Byron Out in October (not even out yet! Leaked on line only!)from Orange Cat Publishing

This isn’t just a “there keeping it from kids at one school in Texas” thing. A group of Christians is lobbying the publisher directly to try and stop the book. Threats have been made.

It’s time to take an actual stand and spread the word, or a good book will vanish and the new censorship will grow. We stop this kind of action early and often, or lose more than we can possibly imagine.

Why they want it banned? Too sexy? Too gay? Too Demon filled? Sure. But mainly it’s that they think the book undermines Christian belief and they don’t want the competition.

I pose this challenge to everyone that reads this and doesn’t want books banned.

Get on the web and spread the word about this in ten places, asking others to do the same. Like Roaches, book burners hate the full light of day!

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