anarch
01-11-2010, 04:13 PM
Animal Farm by George Orwell (read it)
Author’s preface suppressed in nearly all editions. In the 1940s, Allied forces found the book critical of the USSR, and therefore the material was too controversial to print during wartime; publishers were reticent to print the work, and copies were suppressed
Candide by Voltaire (not read)
Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.
The Federal Mafia by Irwin Schiff (not read)
An injunction was issued by a U.S. District Court in Nevada under 26 U.S.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code) § 7408 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/7408.html) against Irwin Schiff and associates Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, against the sale of this book by those persons as the court found that the information it contains is fraudulent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud).
The Grapes of Wraith by John Steinbeck (own have yet to read)
Banned in many places in the US. In the region of California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) in which it was partially set, it was banned because it made the residents of this region look bad.
Howl by Allen Ginsberg (not read)
Copies of the first edition seized by San Francisco Customs for obscenity in March 1957; after trial, obscenity charges were dismissed.
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence (not read)
Temporarily banned in the United States and the United Kingdom for violation of obscenity laws; both bans were lifted in 1959 and 1960, respectively.
Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs (not read)
Banned by Boston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts) courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court).
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. The rest of Miller's work was also banned by the United States.
Ulysses by James Joyce
Challenged and temporarily banned in the US for its sexual content. In 1933 the ban was overturned in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._One_Book_Called_Ulysses).
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Banned in the Southern States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_States) due to its anti-slavery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism) content.
United States-Vietnam Relations: 1945-1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers) by Robert McNamara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara) and the United States Department of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense)
Also known as the Pentagon Papers. US President Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) attempted to suspend publication of classified information. The restraint was lifted by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision.[81] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments#cite_note-80) See also New York Times Co. v. United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States).
Left off of this list is Brave New world which I have read, it is banned in other countries as is Year 501: The Conquest Continues by Noam Chomsky also banned in North Korea.
Thank god for the Internet eh?
Author’s preface suppressed in nearly all editions. In the 1940s, Allied forces found the book critical of the USSR, and therefore the material was too controversial to print during wartime; publishers were reticent to print the work, and copies were suppressed
Candide by Voltaire (not read)
Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.
The Federal Mafia by Irwin Schiff (not read)
An injunction was issued by a U.S. District Court in Nevada under 26 U.S.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code) § 7408 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/7408.html) against Irwin Schiff and associates Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, against the sale of this book by those persons as the court found that the information it contains is fraudulent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud).
The Grapes of Wraith by John Steinbeck (own have yet to read)
Banned in many places in the US. In the region of California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) in which it was partially set, it was banned because it made the residents of this region look bad.
Howl by Allen Ginsberg (not read)
Copies of the first edition seized by San Francisco Customs for obscenity in March 1957; after trial, obscenity charges were dismissed.
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence (not read)
Temporarily banned in the United States and the United Kingdom for violation of obscenity laws; both bans were lifted in 1959 and 1960, respectively.
Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs (not read)
Banned by Boston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts) courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court).
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. The rest of Miller's work was also banned by the United States.
Ulysses by James Joyce
Challenged and temporarily banned in the US for its sexual content. In 1933 the ban was overturned in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._One_Book_Called_Ulysses).
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Banned in the Southern States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_States) due to its anti-slavery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism) content.
United States-Vietnam Relations: 1945-1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers) by Robert McNamara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara) and the United States Department of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense)
Also known as the Pentagon Papers. US President Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) attempted to suspend publication of classified information. The restraint was lifted by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision.[81] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments#cite_note-80) See also New York Times Co. v. United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States).
Left off of this list is Brave New world which I have read, it is banned in other countries as is Year 501: The Conquest Continues by Noam Chomsky also banned in North Korea.
Thank god for the Internet eh?