Steven King Most Banned Author in US, especially in Schools.

[ScorpioRising007]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

Is there a link about him being the most banned book in the U.S?

King has written some genius books, and his books have made some really great movies.

I would have put "Needful Things" in my top five novels, until I read "Something Wicked this Way Comes" and realized that King had simply rehashed it. "Christine" was and is a great novel, and made a great movie. "Misery" was a minor classic, with lots of self-pity between the lines, which I have little patience for in people who have the privilege of earning a living doing what they love.

The Bachman books were very good, but I think King was a snob not to put his name on them.

His one about the kid who becomes a guitar player really pulled me in. A loner kid, arguments with parents, learning to play the guitar, first love, all things that reminded me of my own life. Then that stupid hokey ending made me feel I had wasted my time. Ugh!

So, what has been the justification for banning him?

 

[Dekster]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

I am not sure his books would really be appropriate for 6th graders, but whatever. Just because you can't check it out of a library doesn't mean you can't read it.

 

[Concerned American]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

I was an adult before King was published, but I own nearly every first edition. I had a problem with the language in about everything he wrote. I allowed my daughter to read a lot of his stuff, but I didn't like the prevalence of the F bomb.

 

[Mack The Finger]

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

I have read hundreds of books and only a few were novels.

I read the DEAD ZONE to see what all the praise was about.

I thought it was really good but it could have been better in the end. (just my opinion)

So back to the OP: I don't know enough about his other books to form a real opinion. But I am against banning books but some of the other might no be appropriate for a 6 th grader.

Maybe that is why we have all those fruitcakes doing mass shootings.

 

[Concerned American]

I am not sure his books would really be appropriate for 6th graders, but whatever. Just because you can't check it out of a library doesn't mean you can't read it.

I think material with foul language should be the parents decision. It shouldn't be part of the school curriculum or be in school libraries. Public libraries? I think they should carry his works.

 

[BackAgain]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

Banning books from schools (meaning the curriculum and the school libraries) is simply not censorship.

His books are all still available.

I once looked for any copy of Playboy magazine in my junior high school library. Guess what? It couldn’t be found there.

 

[Concerned American]

Banning books from schools (meaning the curriculum and the school libraries) is simply not censorship.

His books are all still available.

I once looked for any copy of Playboy magazine in my junior high school library. Guess what? It couldn’t be found there.

Great comparison!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Stephen King hasn't been banned anywhere. School libraries have restricted his books to age appropriate shelves. It's not the same as being banned.

Some of his early works were genius. The Stand, The Shining, Salem's Lot are classics. Then he turned into a hack.

 

[Crepitus]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

I like early King. Kinda went downhill after "The Stand" IMHO.

 

[Crepitus]

Banning books from schools (meaning the curriculum and the school libraries) is simply not censorship.

His books are all still available.

I once looked for any copy of Playboy magazine in my junior high school library. Guess what? It couldn’t be found there.

Are you seriously comparing Stephen King to Playboy Magazine?

 

[Concerned American]

Stephen King hasn't been banned anywhere. School libraries have restricted his books to age appropriate shelves. It's not the same as being banned.

Some of his early works were genius. The Stand, The Shining, Salem's Lot are classics. Then he turned into a hack.

LOL, he and his publishers were hacks in the beginning. They were just a different style that people were taken by.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

LOL, he and his publishers were hacks in the beginning. They were just a different style that people were taken by.

Oh no. The Stand is a great book. A work of genius. Likewise, the Shining, Salem's Lot, words can can strike terror. Then he got a formula and stuck with it. THEN, the accident that smashed in his head and he was never the same after that.

 

[Concerned American]

Oh no. The Stand is a great book. A work of genius. Likewise, the Shining, Salem's Lot, words can can strike terror. Then he got a formula and stuck with it. THEN, the accident that smashed in his head and he was never the same after that.

The Shining---Do you recall Jack Torrance driving to the Overlook Hotel in the beginning of the book? He was driving a VW. He pulled it off to the side of the road and put his FOOT on the e-brake. IDK if you've ever driven a pre 75 VW, but if you have, you should know that they don't have foot e-brakes. King was/is a sloppy, overly-verbose, self-absorbed, egotistical writer and he's shown it his entire career. Who else would write a series of books under a pseudonym to prove that it wasn't his name that sold books. Richard Bachman? LMAO. But I read his stuff like millions of others, I just wouldn't put him in the camp with decent writers. Taste in literature is like anything else, whatever you like is what you like and I'm not making judgements--just not impressed with King's quality.

 

[Muhammed]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

He did write some stuff that is not appropriate for a school library. The Library Policeman novella from Four Past Midnight immediately comes to mind.

King writes about a kid who has an overdue library book and is punished by the Library Policeman who takes him out to some bushes outside the library and rapes him in the ass in very graphic detail.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

"The Stand" was the first book I ever read that made it's way into my dream while I was making my way through the book.

When they first made it into a mini-series and they used Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" as the opening song for the movie, it just fit so perfectly (I don't generally hear a soundtrack playing in the background as I'm reading )

"Captain Trips" was believable enough to be scary.

The Langoliers was probably my next favorite. I was especially awed by how well he described the procedures, controls and instrument panels in the commercial aircraft.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Steven King says he is now the most banned author in the US. Most of it comes from school libraries.

I think it is a real shame. He was probably one of my most beloved authors growing up, I read so many of his books. Censorship and banning books is just wrong. I read many of his books from the age of like 11 till I was an adult and I turned out fine. No criminal record, good grades, Master's Degree in college, a solid work history, etc.

I had a reading teacher and a study hall teacher tell me in 6th grade I was no longer allowed to read Steven King books in school. I was told they were inappropriate for my age and the teachers went on to totally bad mouth Steven King saying how filthy and awful his books were.

I still read his books anyway, but at home all through school.

I don't have a problem with Steven King being banned in schools. There are plenty of books schools could choose, and it doesn't matter whether "horror" books get into schools or not.

Yeah, read his books at home, fine. But DEMANDING that a book be in schools, then you'd have to force all schools to stock most books. They can choose what books they have. Doesn't need to be Steven King.

 

[Unkotare]

I was an adult before King was published, but I own nearly every first edition. I had a problem with the language in about everything he wrote. I allowed my daughter to read a lot of his stuff, but I didn't like the prevalence of the F bomb.

I showed a class Christine a few years ago. I hadn't seen it in so long that I forgot all the cursing. I had to skip over some parts. Same thing happened showing Wall Street (didn't remember there being so much nudity!) Cut that one down to about 25 minutes.

 

[TNHarley]

I showed a class Christine a few years ago. I hadn't seen it in so long that I forgot all the cursing. I had to skip over some parts. Same thing happened showing Wall Street (didn't remember there being so much nudity!) Cut that one down to about 25 minutes.

You forgot it showed margot robbie fully naked??
Youre gay bro.

 

[Unkotare]

You forgot it showed margot robbie fully naked??
Youre gay bro.

Not that movie, junior. The one from the 80s.