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   alt.books.george-orwell      Discussing 1984, sadly coming true...      4,149 messages   

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   TRIMMER to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: News from blogland   
   20 Aug 05 08:31:39   
   
   From: TRIM@TRIM.NZ.COM   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:2izNe.1280$L03.353@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...   
   > There's a campaign to reshelve *1984* under "Current Events," to which   
   > some bookstore and library people are objecting on the sensible grounds   
   > that it might keep people from reading the book.   
   >   
   > See http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/2005/08/benevolent-vandalism.html .   
   >   
   > /M   
      
   It's like my local library: they know Isherwood's gay, so all his books get   
   moved to the gay interest section. Fortunately these pseuds' degrees don't   
   run to knowing fuck all about Firbank (or Waugh's cocoa shunting; and Henry   
   James hasn't been outed yet as far as I know), so he hasn't been made to sit   
   at the front of the bus - yet.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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