Intellectual book burning.

A different perspective on the idea of book burning and censorship; not only is book burning a physical act but suppression of the freedom of speech can be viewed as an intangible case of intellectual abolishment. Here is a view on this topic:

Fahrenheit 451.

Here is a link to a youtube clip of a scene from the 1966 film “Fahrenheit 451.” This book was written about book burning and the suppression of the freedom to read/freedom of thought. This scene from the movie is quite interesting, if you can gloss over the strange acting of the older lady! Funnily enough, “Fahrenheit 451” has been on the list of top banned books of all time! Need I say more?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghANkWNG-r4

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill has lived a very scandalous life of being banned in Australia for numerous years.
http://www.austlit.edu.au/specialistDatasets/Banned/bullockMoore

image used from  http://www.shmoop.com/news/2010/05/24/most-controversial-books/

This website lists some of the most heavily banned books in modern times.

http://www.banned-books.com/

Banned books.

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Here are some interesting examples of banned books that were brought up during banned books week.

http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/info.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20100924/en_ac/6827290_10_surprisingly_banned_books