• The Camp of the Saints Was: "Amazon Pulls .... Controversial 1973 Novel....."

    From Titus G@noone@nowhere.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Thu May 14 18:10:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 29/04/2026 18:09, Titus G wrote:
    On 22/04/2026 14:07, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 4/21/2026 8:29 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Amazon Pulls Paperback Edition of Controversial 1973 Novel, Sparking
    Censorship Debate"

    https://resistthemainstream.com/controversial-amazon-move-sparks-
    massive-backlash/

    rCLAmazonrCOs removal of paperback listings for Jean RaspailrCOs 1973 novel >>> The Camp of the Saints has reignited debate over how major online
    platforms handle politically sensitive books, raising questions among
    publishers and commentators about content standards, enforcement
    consistency, and the growing influence of digital gatekeepers in the
    book market.rCY

    rCLThe decision affected Vauban BooksrCO 2025 English paperback edition of >>> the novel, which was reportedly taken down from AmazonrCOs U.S. store in >>> mid-April.rCY

    Yup, Amazon shadow bans books.-a They got caught this time.

    Lynn


    In case you're wondering what the offense is, from Wikipedia:

    "A speculative fictional account, it depicts the destruction of Western
    civilization through Third World mass immigration to France and the
    Western world. "

    pt

    I have now read some of this which begins with the arrival by a flotilla
    of a variety of boats at the same time with 800,000 to 1.000,000 non
    white people at the South of France. To begin with I learnt that there
    was standing room only for the refugees in the fleet despite thousands
    of corpses clogging the piers, but later I learnt that they boiled their
    rice, (which was the only thing they ate), by hand kneading and shaping,
    drying and burning their own turds which were collected by hand by
    nimble children. But equal abuse was given to non-racists. Much of it
    was childish nonsense. eg "..would simply empty out our hospital beds so
    that chlorea-ridden and leprous wretches could sprawl between their
    clean white sheets..." It gets worse when the crowded hordes of
    uncivilised non-whites engage in a massive orgy. "Everywhere, rivers of
    sperm ... oozing between .... young boys, young girls barely ripe ..."
    At the same time, a couple of white Russian soldiers fearfully but
    carefully count 3,000,000 but estimate 5,000,000 non-white Chinese
    massed together on the other side of the Amur River boundary.
    I probably read about 12 chapters before I began reading 1 sentence per paragraph and then 1 sentence per page but soon tired of that. The prose
    was almost as bad as the content.
    The story goes back to the beginning of the fleet and an incredible
    amount of woffle from the author's imagination of what politicians might
    say. I gave up and don't recommend it.
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  • From Paul S Person@psperson@old.netcom.invalid to rec.arts.sf.written on Thu May 14 09:03:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Thu, 14 May 2026 18:10:27 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: <Amazonian censorship, carefully ignoring the fact that booksellers
    are /not/ required to stock books just because their author/publisher
    wants them to, after which it turned out that the book was in fact
    available on Amazon>
    I have now read some of this which begins with the arrival by a flotilla
    of a variety of boats at the same time with 800,000 to 1.000,000 non
    white people at the South of France. To begin with I learnt that there
    was standing room only for the refugees in the fleet despite thousands
    of corpses clogging the piers, but later I learnt that they boiled their >rice, (which was the only thing they ate), by hand kneading and shaping, >drying and burning their own turds which were collected by hand by
    nimble children. But equal abuse was given to non-racists. Much of it
    was childish nonsense. eg "..would simply empty out our hospital beds so
    that chlorea-ridden and leprous wretches could sprawl between their
    clean white sheets..." It gets worse when the crowded hordes of
    uncivilised non-whites engage in a massive orgy. "Everywhere, rivers of
    sperm ... oozing between .... young boys, young girls barely ripe ..."
    At the same time, a couple of white Russian soldiers fearfully but
    carefully count 3,000,000 but estimate 5,000,000 non-white Chinese
    massed together on the other side of the Amur River boundary.
    I probably read about 12 chapters before I began reading 1 sentence per >paragraph and then 1 sentence per page but soon tired of that. The prose
    was almost as bad as the content.
    The story goes back to the beginning of the fleet and an incredible
    amount of woffle from the author's imagination of what politicians might
    say. I gave up and don't recommend it.
    You are a brave person.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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