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Old 09-02-2011, 06:39 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
For older books written in a different time when casual use of racial slurs, sexual stereotyping, and blatant bigotry were more societally acceptable and showed up in the book in question (I've heard that the original Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books had this problem), then unless one's personal attitudes haven't changed since then, those would probably be a pretty uncomfortable and definitely tarnishing re-read.
That's the main problem with the Richard Allen books and the early James Herbert books for me, those are the books I grew up with. Sometimes it's best to leave the past where it belongs.
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