🚀 go-pugleaf

I have not had the opportunity to read these books by Anne Rice. However,
CML _does_ lend books by both Lawrence Sanders and Danielle Steele. Its
difficult for me to imagine Rice's books as being more explicit than
these pulps. 

Rather than ban _any_ books, I don't understand why CML doesn't just have
a rating system, like the movies, so those under 18 can't check out books
that their parents find objectionable.

--Fred

 Matthew Gaylor (freematt@bronze.coil.com) wrote:

: NOTE:  I've read the banned trilogy, and I thought they were beautifully
: written, I can't imagine why the library would pull them off the shelves.
: The novels are erotic, but very tastefully written.

: Regards,  Matt-

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: From: leep@user2.infinet.com (lee p.)
: Subject: Anne Rice Books Banned from Ohio Library

: Anne Rice's _Sleeping Beauty_ trilogy has been banned from the
: Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library after _one_ person complained
: about the books.  Last month, one library patron filled out a complaint
: card.  A few days later, the library administration reviewed the
: material and decided to pull the books from circulation.  Their
: reasoning: "The Columbus Metropolitan Library does not buy
: pornographic material."

: Columbus public libraries are the first in the U.S. to pull these
: works of Rice.   Over eleven million items were circulated through
: the Columbus Metropolitan Library system last year - it's a very
: popular system - but it no longer carries the Beauty series on its
: shelves.  They originally obtained the books (and the audio tapes)
: in 1993.

: The three books in the series, _The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty_,
: _Beauty's Punishment_, and _Beauty's Release_, were originally
: published under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure.  Before the third
: book came out, Rice admitted that she was Roquelaure.

: To complain about the library's decision, please contact the
: Columbus Metropolitan Library at 1-614-645-2800 or 1-614-645-2610.

: ---


: lee p.


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