Before the Dawn of Internet: How did you find banned books?

Dear Folks,

It suddenly occurred to me this morning, that I somehow was able to find banned books at a very tender age.

I mean that these books were banned in the very early 60s, and only in some places.

These books included:

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Madame Bovary

Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

Lolita

And, other great pieces of literature, or....

Pieces, as I like to call them....

I mean, I know that I read them at age 12.

But, for the life of me, I just cannot recall how I obtained them.

Certainly, my mother did not supply them to me, and this is a certainty.

Therefore, is there any member on TV who can tell me how I found them, squirreled them away, and then read them, over and over again….while they became tattered and stained, as they often do?

I really do not know why this thought and question occurred to me this morning.

Still, the mind works in mysterious ways.

I will say that Fanny Hill is one of my all-time favorites, even now.

Thank you for your help, because, as I have said….

I need help.

Best regards,

Gamma

Edited June 20Jun 20 by GammaGlobulin

The Bilderberg Conspiracy:: Inside the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society. By Paul Jeffers.

Secret and Suppressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden History. By Jim Keith

The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World by John Dickie

The "Blue Books" of Freemasonry

The Index Librorum

Only bought 1 banned book, outside of TH, since banned only in TH. Really wasn't interested, aware of, or knew of any banned books.

Did buy 'The Anarchist Cookbook', before it was banned in only a couple places. Don't think it was ever banned in USA, but publisher did stop producing them, due to public pressure, or simply realized, not a good book to publish.

Now all the info in it is available online, the may set off a flag with PoPo where you are.

The most banned books can be found in the archives of the Vatican. Dating back centuries. They may have banned books, but they kept a copy. Unfortunately: No public access.

i dont think there have been "banned books" in the usa since the early 60s.

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

i dont think there have been "banned books" in the usa since the early 60s.

That was probably true until an idiot was elected as POTUS

https://www.everylibrary.org/596dod

The 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense

The release of the full list of 596 banned books from Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools confirms what EveryLibrary and free expression advocates have been warning for months: the Trump administration’s censorship of school libraries at base schools is sweeping, ideologically driven, and unconstitutional.

4 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

That was probably true until an idiot was elected as POTUS

https://www.everylibrary.org/596dod

The 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense

The release of the full list of 596 banned books from Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools confirms what EveryLibrary and free expression advocates have been warning for months: the Trump administration’s censorship of school libraries at base schools is sweeping, ideologically driven, and unconstitutional.

those books arent banned so as always, you lie.

2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

those books arent banned so as always, you lie.

These books are so banned that I can buy any of them on Amazon. @CallumWK Do you think that libraries don't have editorial control over what's available?

10 minutes ago, TedG said:

Do you think that libraries don't have editorial control over what's available

its a military school to boot? is it common sense to assume that books extolling the joys of buggery as a lifestyle probably shouldnt be in an elementary school?

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

its a military school to boot? is it common sense to assume that books extolling the joys of buggery as a lifestyle probably shouldnt be in an elementary school?

I'm sure people would be happy to find the The Bell-Shaped Curve" and "Turner Diaries" in schools.

11 minutes ago, TedG said:

I'm sure people would be happy to find the The Bell-Shaped Curve" and "Turner Diaries" in schools.

yep. hypocrisy, the name is anonymous leftist on social media

41 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

i dont think there have been "banned books" in the usa since the early 60s.

But there was also a time when American Citizens were not allowed to drink "alcoholic beverages". And to question the old Hebrew text's were also called "blasphemic". Anything new in the US? No, not really.

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Therefore, is there any member on TV who can tell me how I found them, squirreled them away, and then read them, over and over again….while they became tattered and stained, as they often do?

To the best of my recollection, we found them in our parent's "hidden" places or had them passed down from older brothers.

7 minutes ago, swissie said:

But there was also a time when American Citizens were not allowed to drink "alcoholic beverages". And to question the old Hebrew text's were also called "blasphemic". Anything new in the US? No, not really.

so? a failed experiment 100 years ago. weed legal there where you are at?

tell us about "blasphemy". not sure of what you mean?

10 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

To the best of my recollection, we found them in our parent's "hidden" places or had them passed down from older brothers.

my grandfather had a whole stack of them, grandma said "hes doing a study of pornography".

my secret life, ooorah, modeled myself after walter absent the more extreme and illegal stuff. those were the days when england was great

8 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

so? a failed experiment 100 years ago. weed legal there where you are at?

tell us about "blasphemy". not sure of what you mean?

The "old testament" and the jewish "Tora" may give you the necessary clues. Actually, everything that provides any sort of "fun" was qualified as "non christian behavior". Therefore "blasphemy". The devils must be faught. The US Democrats and the Repuclicans are still in the process of finding out, who the "devil" is. A lenghty process.

5 minutes ago, swissie said:

The "old testament" and the jewish "Tora" may give you the necessary clues. Actually, everything that provides any sort of "fun" was qualified as "non christian behavior". Therefore "blasphemy". The devils must be faught. The US Democrats and the Repuclicans are still in the process of finding out, who the "devil" is. A lenghty process.

Fun?

For me, reading the Torah Moshe is plenty fun, and...

Fun enough for me.

Should I wish for more fun in this life?

Dear God........!!!!!

40 minutes ago, swissie said:

The "old testament" and the jewish "Tora" may give you the necessary clues. Actually, everything that provides any sort of "fun" was qualified as "non christian behavior". Therefore "blasphemy". The devils must be faught. The US Democrats and the Repuclicans are still in the process of finding out, who the "devil" is. A lenghty process.

that makes no sense, what and when by who?

19 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

that makes no sense, what and when by who?

It might make FAR BETTER sense if you had said:

What and when by WHOM....

But, far be it from me to quibble about such niceties...

Edited June 20Jun 20 by GammaGlobulin

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16 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Fun?

For me, reading the Torah Moshe is plenty fun, and...

Fun enough for me.

Should I wish for more fun in this life?

Dear God........!!!!!

Before taking this any further, in the "search field" in most search engines, when you enter "Moses" (Moshe), you will find plenty of mythology but no proof that Moses ever existed.

Modern day archeology has found no evidence that 2 million of jews have laft Egypt wondering around 40 years in the Sinai, before knowing where the "promissed land" was located. Moses would have loved GPS. Although he never reached the "promissed land" during his lifetime. Scholars find it hard to believe that 2 million people can wander around for 40 years with little water and little food. Leaving no archeologigal trace at all. No matter how hard they looked and digged.

But it's allright. Christian believes are based on such old testamentary believess, written down by some mid-eastern tribal chiefs, not wearing head protection in a very hot cilmate. Inevitably leading to "hallucinations". We have taken over those "hallucinations". The Catholic church has taken over those "halluscinations" for 1500 years.

Knowing well, that the God of Israel would never be the God of the "rest of the world".

So it is hard to understand, that the rest of the wold is worshipping the universal "God", when it was clear from the very begiining, that God was only interested in the Israel Tribe, and being totally disinterested what the rest of the world is concerned.

1 hour ago, swissie said:

Before taking this any further, in the "search field" in most search engines, when you enter "Moses" (Moshe), you will find plenty of mythology but no proof that Moses ever existed.

One needs no proof if one has faith.

One side makes you smaller, and one side makes you taller.

Just have faith.

Just ask Alice.

17 hours ago, swissie said:

The most banned books can be found in the archives of the Vatican. Dating back centuries. They may have banned books, but they kept a copy. Unfortunately: No public access.

Yes, there is academic access. Largely, it's how we know about them!

15 hours ago, Yagoda said:

i dont think there have been "banned books" in the usa since the early 60s.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

15 hours ago, Yagoda said:

its a military school to boot? is it common sense to assume that books extolling the joys of buggery as a lifestyle probably shouldnt be in an elementary school?

Unless it's a military boys' boarding school!

There is a banned books room at the National Library. It's rather rare for even a scholar to gain access.

23 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

From the site you linked.

There must be some correlation between banning books and increasing crazy religiosity in the USA.

Maybe groups like the Snake Charmers of America, or something, even though I think there might be no such group.