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What the hell?

I don't hold books my as incredibly sacred. (Maybe just a little?) I have a lot of respect for them and I'd probably hesitate before ripping pages out of them or cutting them, but writing in the margins? Highlighting? Folding down corners? Sure. Why not. I know some bibliophiles consider this sacrilegious, but books are meant to be used, enjoyed, and understood and if that takes a few folded corners and pencil marks, then I fail to see the problem. It's a little shakier with a library book, but so long as it's still legible for the next person, I do not really consider it a big deal.

Ripping thirty pages out of a library book, however, is a whole other ballpark. That's half a chapter, just gone. RRRRRRrrr.

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While sexism is an awful thing, blacking out the sentences you disagree with is a ridiculous solution. If it really bothers you that much, report it to the library and get them to take it off the shelves.

I can be sexist *and* reflecting the state of eighties science fiction fandom :P

From the context around the "offending" sentences, it wasn't sexist, it was an accurate portrayal of the way a lot of male fen regarded female fen back in the day.

And either way, LIBRARY BOOK. :p