Most Controversial Fiction Book Ever?

blue_doona32 · Post by **blue_doona32** » 18 Jun 2008, 21:36

Thanks wordsgood!

Its true, too! Many people burn these kinds of books! Several groups of people have burned Harry Potter books because they believed them to be "evil". How much does that remind you of Nazis burning any kind of book that refuted any kind of love for Nazi-ism? If these people thought Harry Potter was evil, aren't they just sinking to their level? Maybe I'm being harsh, but its a strong subject needing strong argument...

Haha boy, is this a controvercial subject!

Wordsgood · Post by **Wordsgood** » 19 Jun 2008, 04:48

Yes, it certainly does remind me of that! What's really funny is the paradox of the people who do such things out of fear and ignorance, but tout the reasoning behind it is that the group they are condemning is guilty of exactly the same thing. e.g. Religious groups and sects burning those of other religions because they are "brainwashing" the young. Well, if the other groups turns around and burns their literature as "evil," aren't they guilty of the same crime by not allowing people access by which they can make their own informed decisions?

blue_doona32 · Post by **blue_doona32** » 19 Jun 2008, 17:26

Thank you! I totally agree! All this brainwashing and pretty much over all totalitarianism in such trivial matters as books! Books are for creative liberties and not all book are about brainwashing others. Books are merely effective ways to interpret one's thinking and projecting their ideas to an audience that shares the same way of thinking and even to those who don't think the same way.

The world should be a free place to think. If people's thoughts are being repressed because they're "wrong" according to some "higher authority", then maybe its imperative to understand what one is thinking in order to come to any sort of conclusion, negative or otherwise.

Does that make any sense?

Eric · Post by **Eric** » 21 Jun 2008, 11:42

I don't think any books by Marquis de Sade have been mentioned yet. "120 Days of Sodom" is pretty much universally considered the most extreme, offensive book ever written.

blue_diamond21 · Post by **blue_diamond21** » 22 Jun 2008, 07:48

I mentioned them!

It was actually the first author/books i thought of when I saw this topic!

Eric · Post by **Eric** » 22 Jun 2008, 08:24

blue_diamond21 wrote:I mentioned them! It was actually the first author/books i thought of when I saw this topic!

Oops! I missed your post! Sade was the first author that popped into my mind as well.

ResonantAleph · Post by **ResonantAleph** » 22 Jun 2008, 19:10

The Bible. No book has ever caused so much blood to be shed (in the names of both opposition and obedience), no book has ever so changed the ideological landscape of nations ,ours included, and never, for better or for worse, has a book changed so many lives.

sweetos · Post by **sweetos** » 12 Jul 2008, 13:17

i think what made the da vinci code even more controversial is when dan brown claimed that all the facts in his book are true and that he has proof to show.

when his book first came out and wasn't yet receiving that much attention, he made it clear that it's all made up and need not to prove anything.

psycho · Post by **psycho** » 29 Jul 2008, 02:22

My book The Equation of Murder is probably not 'the most' controversial but it is controversial. People have compared it to American Psycho but I like to think of it as the British version, in that my character Charlie kills and it is written in the first but it isn't full of graphic violence and is more about the psychology of my characters actions. The controversy lies within the plot.