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If I had a teenager, I would've made sure they know about the great shadow library. [1] It has a few advantages: there are no wait-times for the ebooks, it has

If I had a teenager, I would've made sure they know about the great shadow library. [1] It has a few advantages: there are no wait-times for the ebooks, it has no agenda other than providing access to books, and it actually has the real banned books you almost certainly wouldn't find in a public library. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis

Phithagoras 5y ago
> real banned books you almost certainly wouldn't find in a public library Do I dare ask what they are?
- skepticalwaves 5y ago
  Two Hundred Years Together by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  - usrn 5y ago
    [flagged]
  - gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
    Still waiting to hear Jordan Peterson’s review of that one.
    - usrn 5y ago
      We all are. That little performance bummed me out quite a bit the first time I saw it. I still think his general life advice is good though.
      - gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
        If you’ve read Nietzsche or other philology/mythology he just comes off as a gas station ‘10 tips to EXCEL in your life’ and it’s cringe to see people take him seriously at face value. Not doubting he is a smart man: he started a self auditing thing on his website, and probably has the psychological profile of his audience written up in bullet points for his marketers.
  - rootusrootus 5y ago
    Is it banned, or simply not available in typical public libraries because it's in Russian and there is not an English translation? My public library has dozens of books by Solzhenitsyn.
    - Phithagoras 5y ago
      Interesting suggestion! It seems there is not a complete english translation available from a single translator, or one affiliated with any university/previous scholarship at least. I couldnt find any in a quick search of a few major city library catalogues and major universities in NA. I did find a few journal articles about the book though, and it was very easy to find other Solzhenitsyn books in grade school and other libraries. The pdf translation below has a typo in the very first line of the introduction and the first chapter was translated by someone(s) on 8chan {1}. So I'm not terribly surprised that typical public libraries don't have a copy. {1} https://ia803108.us.archive.org/2/items/200YearsTogether/200%20Years%20Together.pdf https://ia803108.us.archive.org/2/items/200YearsTogether/200... (side note I love LibGen too, but I think it's good that a physical, public library is making a point of making their e-catalogue available to teens)
    - llanowarelves 5y ago
      It's banned from being sold on all major bookstores / platforms
      - bigbillheck 5y ago
        Two hundred smackers on Amazon.
        llanowarelves 5y ago
        That's the Russian one
  - bigbillheck 5y ago
    Six hundred and eighty copies on worldcat, including one within 7 miles of me.
meristohm 5y ago
As part of a mental diet, to fill in availability-gaps in public libraries, this resource makes sense.

Phithagoras 5y ago

> real banned books you almost certainly wouldn't find in a public library Do I dare ask what they are?

skepticalwaves 5y ago
Two Hundred Years Together by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- usrn 5y ago
  [flagged]
- gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
  Still waiting to hear Jordan Peterson’s review of that one.
  - usrn 5y ago
    We all are. That little performance bummed me out quite a bit the first time I saw it. I still think his general life advice is good though.
    - gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
      If you’ve read Nietzsche or other philology/mythology he just comes off as a gas station ‘10 tips to EXCEL in your life’ and it’s cringe to see people take him seriously at face value. Not doubting he is a smart man: he started a self auditing thing on his website, and probably has the psychological profile of his audience written up in bullet points for his marketers.
- rootusrootus 5y ago
  Is it banned, or simply not available in typical public libraries because it's in Russian and there is not an English translation? My public library has dozens of books by Solzhenitsyn.
  - Phithagoras 5y ago
    Interesting suggestion! It seems there is not a complete english translation available from a single translator, or one affiliated with any university/previous scholarship at least. I couldnt find any in a quick search of a few major city library catalogues and major universities in NA. I did find a few journal articles about the book though, and it was very easy to find other Solzhenitsyn books in grade school and other libraries. The pdf translation below has a typo in the very first line of the introduction and the first chapter was translated by someone(s) on 8chan {1}. So I'm not terribly surprised that typical public libraries don't have a copy. {1} https://ia803108.us.archive.org/2/items/200YearsTogether/200%20Years%20Together.pdf https://ia803108.us.archive.org/2/items/200YearsTogether/200... (side note I love LibGen too, but I think it's good that a physical, public library is making a point of making their e-catalogue available to teens)
  - llanowarelves 5y ago
    It's banned from being sold on all major bookstores / platforms
    - bigbillheck 5y ago
      Two hundred smackers on Amazon.
      - llanowarelves 5y ago
        That's the Russian one
- bigbillheck 5y ago
  Six hundred and eighty copies on worldcat, including one within 7 miles of me.

meristohm 5y ago

As part of a mental diet, to fill in availability-gaps in public libraries, this resource makes sense.