Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:47:34 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Harry Potter numbers

> dicconf at radix.net 7/5/2005 10:23:36 AM >>>
>
>On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Michael Walsh wrote:
>
>> But not all is sweetness & light:
>>
>> "The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression hopes
>> booksellers will remind customers that Harry Potter books hold an
>> unfortunate record: they are the most-challenged titles since 1999,
>> according to the American Library Association"
>
>Wot the bleep is a "most-challenged title"?  People claiming copyright

>infringement?  Fundies screaming about black magic?

Oh... all sorts of reasons.  With the Potter books, it's usally the
issues of magic and the like, so yes, it's the fundies in this
particular case.

Details here:
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm
.

Make of the list what you will.

mjw

>
>-- Dick Eney