I am again asking for those who would like to join the U.L.S., the Underground Library Society, to join and write a guest post. I put this request out several times over the course of a year, because I hope to have more people join in the cause.
In an earlier First Year Class at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, The U.L.S. — The Underground Library Society — was created. It is in the spirit of the Book People from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. In that novel, all books have been banned, and a few people “become” books by memorizing them, in the hope that, one day, books will be permitted to exist again.
Unfortunately, in our current climate, there are places in the United States of America in which book banning and censorship is rearing its terrible and disgusting head once more. We, as writers and creative people, must do what we can to oppose such actions.
In that spirit, I am putting out the call once more for like-minded people to join The U.L.S. All that is needed is to choose a book you would memorize if the need ever arose. The type or genre of the chosen piece does not matter. There is no restriction on what you would become. You do not, however, actually have to memorize the book now. If you wish to join, simply write a guest post in which you say what book you would “become” and why.
I have had several other bloggers join the U. L. S. Join the movement!
I hope many of you choose to join.
If you are a member and wish to add another book that you might become, you are welcome to do another post!
In the past, I have mentioned that I would become one of the following books: The Lord Of The Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
If you do wish to do a post, please email me at frenchc1955@yahoo.com and write a guest post as a Word doc. Thank you.
Charles F. French
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Hi Charles, I am three reviews behind and for once it works in my favourite. I will pick one and write a post for you. They were all fantastic reads.
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Hi Robbie, thank you!!!
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I would be interested, given what’s happening now in libraries in places like Florida. There are some books I’d love to champion. What if they’ve already been chosen by someone else? Is there a list?
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It is fine if you chose a book already done. Champion what you would like to, and I would be honored to have you in the ULS. If you do decide to do this, send me a write-up as a Word.doc to frenchc1955@yahoo.com
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You know I am a strong supporter and proud member of the U.L.S. I have named “Charlotte’s Web”, “The Story of Little Babaji”, and “The Poet’s Dog” as my books. For new members, it isn’t necessarily your favorite book, it’s the book you would vow to memorize and preserve if books were banned.
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Jennie, that is a very important point!
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Thank you, Charles. If I remember correctly, when you introduced the U.L.S. and banned books, you also talked about the burning of books in Nazi Germany. If books disappear… what an unimaginable horror that would be. Do I worry that a bomb or nuclear attack would destroy books? No, but I want to be proactive and save literature.
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Jennie, I completely agree.
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