Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote or quoted:

inferences I was making. When I read it the second time, I also reread
it the third time because I had to slow myself down practically every
chapter and reread it again, much more slowly. There is a /lot/ of

  I'm reminded of this tale. So, this dude's getting the grand tour
  of some fancy-pants elementary school for whiz kids, right?

  They're filling him in on how these little Einsteins are blazing
  through books at warp speed.

  He's like, "Whoa, that's some next-level reading for tykes their age!"

  But get this - they drop the bomb that it's not about teaching
  these mini-geniuses to read faster. Nope, they're actually trying
  to slow them down.

  (I could've sworn this was straight outta "Brave New World,"
  but I've combed through that bad boy and zilch. Guess my
  memory's playing tricks on me like a Hollywood plot twist . . .)