Re: Books Banned in Utah.

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:34:56 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

In article <pe1mbjpl9qlen8vudkj6gc21k73abqsnmh@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 18:13:29 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
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Any kids who want a copy can browbeat their parents into buying one,
or find a copy in the adult section of a public library.

>
What makes you think kids are _allowed_ into the adult section of a
public library in Utah?

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Har har har ..... starting when I was 8 years old I regularly hung
around the adult section of the public library though it was mostly
for (a) science fiction (mostly Heinlein at that age, I didn't
discover Asimov and Poul Anderson till later) and Asimov science
books.

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Waterloo Public Library had a kids section and an adult section,
but some librarians could not be bothered to police kids wandering
upstairs. As well, nobody on staff read SF and their working
assumption seemed to be that if an author wrote some kids books,
they only wrote kids books. So Left Hand of Darkness and I Will
Fear No Evil were in the kids section.

Thus, presumably, "providing context". Which is what we have been
assured librarians do.

The public library branch I went to was so strict I gave up on them
after I had read /every/ book in the Kiddie's Section.

That's when I discovered used book stores. Which had lots and lots of
science fiction paperbacks.
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