Your Reaction To The Dead Zone!

[Er0tic NeUr0t1c]

My reaction was like... damn that book was really good... and i didnt realize how good it was until i finished it. I couldnt put it down starting with the Wheel of Fortune that was intense. I don't understand why its banned it isnt here in my highschool we have like 40 stephen king books in the library including The Dead Zone and Tommyknockers which have both been banned. We don't have It or The Stand though, which is silly, just thought i should mention... anyways i dont get how it got banned because it isnt very violent besides a little girl getting raped and murdered by that freaky Frank Dodd and a few curse wordds.

After i said that i read that sentence realized how violent that is, but still, its not as hardcore as some others.

[JRM]

I thought it was a good read. If I had any problem with it, it would be that I didn't think it was really memorable. The story is already fading from my memory and I just read it a few months ago, and this while older books are still fresh in my mind -- such as Bag of Bones and Insomnia. About the banning thing, I have no idea why it was banned from some school. From all the King books I've read, it's the most restrained as far as violence and cursing go.

[Jack Roman]

I don't agree with the banning of the book, but if it was it was probably because it was so political. Especially with the assasination attempt in these days of so much terrorism going on.

[Pucker]

I have yet to hear a convincing argument in favor of book banning.

Remember your Genesis. The most effective means of ensuring that people will covet a thing is to forbid it.

[GNTLGNT]

(In an Emily Litella type voice)-What is all this about book fanning? If they're that hot and steamy, maybe they should get a room! What's that? Oh, BANNING...Never mind...
Really though, we as a race are just contrary enough-that if you tell us not to do something, we're gonna give it a crack...I mean what about Eve and her dalliance with fresh produce? Ban it, and people who can barely read are going to go looking for it. To paraphrase Monty Python-"You're all a bunch of Loonies!"

[Terry B]

I had NO IDEA they banned certain books anywhere these days -at least not in democracies. What do you mean by banned? That you needed to be of a certain age to read? In my country there are no banned books, and I'm a bit disgusted by the idea myself. Being Jewish. banning books comes too close to burning them in my opinion and when you burn books... well, we all know what comes next.

I can't believe any of would not know that books are being banned. It happens all of the time. One of the best known works is JD Salingers Catcher in the Rye. Do a Google search sometime for banned books and you'll not only be surprised by the books that are on these lists but also some of the reasons they are being banned. We're being politically corrected to death!

[amys_pov7]

I also did not know that anyone could ban books? That is absurd. Everyone has their own perspectives on writing, and i would think highschools are mature enough to decide on their own.

[Rand]

I don't agree with the banning of the book, but if it was it was probably because it was so political. Especially with the assasination attempt in these days of so much terrorism going on.

Yep, that would be it.

It's absurd, and we see much worse on television, but who has ever accused school district officials, or low level bureaucrats, of making sense.

[fljoe0]

I'm totally opposed to school districts banning certain books. When I was in high school (in the late 70s), I took a class called Hitler's Germany. We read "Mein Kampf" in that class! If we were allowed to read "Mein Kampf" and survived it, I can't see how "The Dead Zone" could be a problem.

[sarar]

I read it in a day! Loved it!
I didn't realise until i joined the forum how popular this SK book is! Should have read it along time ago really