Fascinating spotlight, Margot! Sherlock Holmes continues to inspire new stories and interpretations generations later, which speaks to the extraordinary strength of the characters Conan Doyle created. I also appreciate the reminder of how important it is to protect literary freedom and keep books accessible to readers. 📚🔎
Thank you, Mihran! I’m glad you thought the post worked. It is amazing, isn’t it, how enduring the Holmes character is, even after all these years – more than a century! And as for protecting literary freedom? It’s absolutely essential. without the freedom to read as we please, knowledge is lost…
Ha, if they try to ban Sherlock Holmes, I’ll set the Hound of the Baskervilles on them, or maybe the Speckled Band! I never pay much attention to what books get banned, and I’m always surprised when looking at banned books lists at some of the innocuous titles on them. I’ve said before I can see why schools have to be a bit careful about blatant racism in some older books, given the talent for bullying so many adolescents have, but for the general public we’re usually capable of doing our own censorship in our heads…
Haha! I absolutely love that mental picture of setting the Hound or the Speckled Band on anyone who tries to ban books, FictionFan! That’d show them! It is surprising, isn’t it, the books that are on banned lists. To my way of thinking, there’s no point to it other than to ‘guard our thinking,’ to which I am opposed (but perhaps you guessed that 😉 ). You do have a point about blatant racism that we see in some of the older books; not that I’m happy about preventing teens from reading what they want, but yes, there’s the ever-present risk of bullying. Otherwise, hands off my reads!!
A very good way to highlight Banned Books Week – we need to fight for bookish freedom!
Thanks very much, KBR! We really do need to keep alert and oppose book banning!
Fascinating spotlight, Margot! Sherlock Holmes continues to inspire new stories and interpretations generations later, which speaks to the extraordinary strength of the characters Conan Doyle created. I also appreciate the reminder of how important it is to protect literary freedom and keep books accessible to readers. 📚🔎
Thank you, Mihran! I’m glad you thought the post worked. It is amazing, isn’t it, how enduring the Holmes character is, even after all these years – more than a century! And as for protecting literary freedom? It’s absolutely essential. without the freedom to read as we please, knowledge is lost…
Ha, if they try to ban Sherlock Holmes, I’ll set the Hound of the Baskervilles on them, or maybe the Speckled Band! I never pay much attention to what books get banned, and I’m always surprised when looking at banned books lists at some of the innocuous titles on them. I’ve said before I can see why schools have to be a bit careful about blatant racism in some older books, given the talent for bullying so many adolescents have, but for the general public we’re usually capable of doing our own censorship in our heads…
Haha! I absolutely love that mental picture of setting the Hound or the Speckled Band on anyone who tries to ban books, FictionFan! That’d show them! It is surprising, isn’t it, the books that are on banned lists. To my way of thinking, there’s no point to it other than to ‘guard our thinking,’ to which I am opposed (but perhaps you guessed that 😉 ). You do have a point about blatant racism that we see in some of the older books; not that I’m happy about preventing teens from reading what they want, but yes, there’s the ever-present risk of bullying. Otherwise, hands off my reads!!