I love Margaret Atwood. That is brilliant. There is a lot of the damned book banning down here. I bought a couple of banned books that got pulled from some FL schools. It was a small protest. I keep thinking about how to raise money to bombard school boards with a mass quantity of books they've banned. I keep searching for ways to protest.
>>I love Margaret Atwood. That is brilliant. There is a lot of the damned book banning down here. I bought a couple of banned books that got pulled from some FL schools. It was a small protest.<<
Go you!
I remember the ruckus about The Satanic Verses. My mother and I bought a copy, just because other people didn't want anyone to read it. It was a terrible book, but a fond memory.
>> I keep thinking about how to raise money to bombard school boards with a mass quantity of books they've banned. I keep searching for ways to protest.<<
Thank you for the links. I'm going to save them. I'm also going to get around to to reading them. I've not been doing a good job on my reading goal. I also thought about donating them to the free library in my neighborhood when I'm done or at least donate them in my donation box to either the charity shop or the Goodwill.
>> Thank you for the links. I'm going to save them. <<
I'm happy I could help!
>>I'm also going to get around to to reading them. I've not been doing a good job on my reading goal. I also thought about donating them to the free library in my neighborhood when I'm done or at least donate them in my donation box to either the charity shop or the Goodwill.<<
I know Fahrenheit 451 had a limited edition print run with heat sensitive ink which only appeared if you heated it up, but a fire-resistant version would be equally ironic and cool.
The only nit-pick I have with Margaret Atwood is that her book is one of the few that hasn't been banned.
Actually, if the wannabe Theocrat Republicans had a list of books they're drawing inspiration from, that would be one of them... that and 1984 and maybe Atlas Shrugged.
As I recall, there was an edition printed on asbestos "paper" or some such.
Me, I'd be tempted to go in the opposite direction. Make copies with a mix of cellulose nitrate and a few other things. Perfectly fine until you throw it in a fire. then *BOOM*!
Which reminds me. Just today I came across a reference noting that N60 is a possible molecule (buckministerfullerene with all the carbons replaced by nitrogens).
Heh... I like the way you think. Similar to Pterry's Good Omens and Agnes Nit, the accurate fortune teller and prophet, who packed her pockets with old nails and packets of gun powder as they led her away to be burned at the stake...
I recall playing around with molecular models in 6th form, (stick and ball type) and building a buckyball with alternating C=N bonds... Dr Hindal our chem teacher said it made him nervous just looking at it!
>>Heh... I like the way you think. Similar to Pterry's Good Omens and Agnes Nit, the accurate fortune teller and prophet, who packed her pockets with old nails and packets of gun powder as they led her away to be burned at the stake...<<
"Thou'rt late. I should have been in flames ten minutes ago!"
>> I recall playing around with molecular models in 6th form, (stick and ball type) and building a buckyball with alternating C=N bonds... Dr Hindal our chem teacher said it made him nervous just looking at it!<<
Fascinating. I love that I know such interesting people. :D It ought to work; C=N bonds are abundant and stable, both atoms are plentiful. I wonder if it'd be water-soluble.
Normally C=N bonds are stable because they contain a lot of bond energy that has to be overcome to break it...
Thing is, due to the geometry of the nitrogen doped buckyball, there was a lot of strain in the bonds due to the angles involved. Making the molecule quasi-stable. I.e it would come apart violently if poked.
Think C4's bigger meaner brother... with roughly three orders of magnitude more bang per gram than TNT. Hence why it was making Dr Hindal nervous just looking at it...
>>Me, I'd be tempted to go in the opposite direction. Make copies with a mix of cellulose nitrate and a few other things. Perfectly fine until you throw it in a fire. then *BOOM*!<<
The trick is making sure that such things do not combust on their own, which is a very real risk.
>> Which reminds me. Just today I came across a reference noting that N60 is a possible molecule (buckministerfullerene with all the carbons replaced by nitrogens).<<
I actually need to read F-51 (I'm not in the mood to try spelling that word today with the way my language-English wires are crossing today)
I'm going to save those links up there, too, and maybe see if I can buy print coppoies to pass out in places or something. Because digital coppies won't work in this instance, unlis I gift the book itself via audible or some such media.
ABE Books is an online network of used-book stores. For a classic like Fahrenheit 451 you should be able to find very cheap and plentiful copies easily. More recent banned books may be harder. But F451 is always an appropriate protest to book banning.
My favorite protest was a window display of banned books. It included the Bible and a dictionary.
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Date: 2022-05-25 05:49 am (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2022-05-25 06:25 am (UTC)Go you!
I remember the ruckus about The Satanic Verses. My mother and I bought a copy, just because other people didn't want anyone to read it. It was a terrible book, but a fond memory.
>> I keep thinking about how to raise money to bombard school boards with a mass quantity of books they've banned. I keep searching for ways to protest.<<
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity
https://pen.org/how-to-fight-book-bans-a-tip-sheet-for-students/
And they didn't even mention:
* Stock banned books in Little Free Libraries.
* Release them into the wild via BookCrossing.
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Date: 2022-05-25 11:57 am (UTC)Re: Thoughts
Date: 2022-05-26 02:24 am (UTC)I'm happy I could help!
>>I'm also going to get around to to reading them. I've not been doing a good job on my reading goal. I also thought about donating them to the free library in my neighborhood when I'm done or at least donate them in my donation box to either the charity shop or the Goodwill.<<
These are good ideas too.
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Date: 2022-05-25 06:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2022-05-25 08:27 am (UTC)I know Fahrenheit 451 had a limited edition print run with heat sensitive ink which only appeared if you heated it up, but a fire-resistant version would be equally ironic and cool.
The only nit-pick I have with Margaret Atwood is that her book is one of the few that hasn't been banned.
Actually, if the wannabe Theocrat Republicans had a list of books they're drawing inspiration from, that would be one of them... that and 1984 and maybe Atlas Shrugged.
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Date: 2022-05-25 05:28 pm (UTC)Me, I'd be tempted to go in the opposite direction. Make copies with a mix of cellulose nitrate and a few other things. Perfectly fine until you throw it in a fire. then *BOOM*!
Which reminds me. Just today I came across a reference noting that N60 is a possible molecule (buckministerfullerene with all the carbons replaced by nitrogens).
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Date: 2022-05-25 05:38 pm (UTC)Heh... I like the way you think. Similar to Pterry's Good Omens and Agnes Nit, the accurate fortune teller and prophet, who packed her pockets with old nails and packets of gun powder as they led her away to be burned at the stake...
I recall playing around with molecular models in 6th form, (stick and ball type) and building a buckyball with alternating C=N bonds... Dr Hindal our chem teacher said it made him nervous just looking at it!
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Date: 2022-05-26 12:02 am (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2022-05-26 02:17 am (UTC)"Thou'rt late. I should have been in flames ten minutes ago!"
>> I recall playing around with molecular models in 6th form, (stick and ball type) and building a buckyball with alternating C=N bonds... Dr Hindal our chem teacher said it made him nervous just looking at it!<<
Fascinating. I love that I know such interesting people. :D It ought to work; C=N bonds are abundant and stable, both atoms are plentiful. I wonder if it'd be water-soluble.
Re: Yes ...
Date: 2022-05-26 11:46 am (UTC)Normally C=N bonds are stable because they contain a lot of bond energy that has to be overcome to break it...
Thing is, due to the geometry of the nitrogen doped buckyball, there was a lot of strain in the bonds due to the angles involved. Making the molecule quasi-stable. I.e it would come apart violently if poked.
Think C4's bigger meaner brother... with roughly three orders of magnitude more bang per gram than TNT. Hence why it was making Dr Hindal nervous just looking at it...
Thoughts
Date: 2022-05-26 08:14 am (UTC)The trick is making sure that such things do not combust on their own, which is a very real risk.
>> Which reminds me. Just today I came across a reference noting that N60 is a possible molecule (buckministerfullerene with all the carbons replaced by nitrogens).<<
Fascinating.
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Date: 2022-05-25 02:45 pm (UTC)Totally badass. I wish my mom could have seen this.
Also, PEN has How to Fight Book Bans: A Tip Sheet for Students - PEN America
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Date: 2022-05-25 05:41 pm (UTC)I'm going to save those links up there, too, and maybe see if I can buy print coppoies to pass out in places or something. Because digital coppies won't work in this instance, unlis I gift the book itself via audible or some such media.
This is just rediculous.
-Trausio~
Try this ...
Date: 2022-05-26 02:23 am (UTC)My favorite protest was a window display of banned books. It included the Bible and a dictionary.