From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxp!tfilm
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Books, anyone?
Article-I.D.: ihuxp.360
Posted: Fri Feb 11 15:59:20 1983
Received: Sat Feb 12 07:10:41 1983
Reply-To: tfilm@ihuxp.UUCP (M. E. Lindenmeyer)

RE: Books, anyone?

Is there any interest in book related discussions?
As a library director,I am 
interested in most types of literature,
and it seems to me that
with the proliferation of news nets and with what
I perceive as something around a 20% valuable,
80% questionable content ratio for all of the
net items, there may be interest in a
news group 'net.books'.

To begin such a discussion, I would be quite interested
in what sort of people enjoyed the book 'Sophie's Choice',
and why. I have, of course, my own opinion of the author's
style and the story itself.

Another area that interests
me is that occasionally librarians blacklist a book
on the grounds that it is 'truly' offensive
to some group in our society (policemen, prudes, 
minorities). One such current book is
'Jake and Honeybell go to Heaven' by
Margo Zemach. I just purchased the book
for my children and would be interested 
if any one has any views on this book in
particular, or on librarian 'censorship'
of this or a similar sort.