Venders & "this isn't a children's book"

[ArenaBoy]

I once got into an argument with a friend about nudity/violence and it came to a head when I asked "What are you more likely to see in real life? A naked human body or a giant pumped up action hero running around Detroit with two MP5s screaming?" Heck take a look at Monty Python's Flying Circus and there's nudity in it.

Once for a project in high school I did a presentation on Shinto (Japan's main religion). Shinto has some statues that are very risque but they are mostly meant for fertility. A lot of weird looks when I was explaining it but I got some glares from people when I had pictures of the statue up.

[wagegoth]

We're so hung about nudity and sex in the U.S., yet seem to have no problem with violence (the movie "Once" gets an R-rating because of the F-word, but the Pirates of the Caribbean movies get PG-13 ratings). Well, at least the people in charge don't. I'd much rather have people walking around nude than people walking around beating and shooting each other.

[Shabo]

let's just say what passes as legal would freak out people back in the states.

Isn't that true for all cultures outside the US? My bf took a picture of a poster advertising a local art gallery in Budapest because it was the top half of a woman with nothing on, and he was shocked that it was just plastered up on a regular street.

[PepperElf]

i haven't read the sequals to Daughter of the Forest yet but i liked that one too.

and woot, a sookie stackhouse series? wait... with ... Rogue? Ok that'll be interesting. (and hopefully it'll be on itunes cos i dont have a tv lol)

I don't think there's much separation of adult & children manga here in japan. the "adult industry" is... let's just say what passes as legal would freak out people back in the states.

[BookstoreEscapee]

One of the receivers once put the PopUp Kama Sutra on the kids' cart (this was when it first came out). He was sorting a bunch of books, saw "Pop Up" and just tossed it on there. Luckily the kids' person caught it when she was shelving and it got put where it belonged.

B&N has two manga sections; adult manga with the graphic novels, and teen manga in the teen section. I would constantly find things in the wrong place, though (luckily) more often I'd find teen stuff in the adult section, rather than the other way around; you're supposed to scan things with the gun to make sure it goes to the right home, but most people see manga and just toss it in the graphic novels section instead of checking.

[wagegoth]

HBO is doing the Sookie Stackhouse books as a series called "True Blood," starring Anna Paquin. It's being done by Alan Ball, the creator of "Six Feet Under." I can't wait, but I've heard the writer's strike is holding it up.

[Shabo]

i found a Juliet Marillier in the kids section once, but only one so i moved, and alphbetised the shelf i put it on.
I would have laugfhed so hard if some mom bought it for their kid.
(It was Daughter of the forest, which is a wonderful book, i own it. And yes is a fairy tale, but i think the rape, murder, deptetion and almost burning would have made some mommy go pissy)

OMG! I love that trilogy! It's quite a nice elaboration and interpretation on my favorite fairy tale as a kid. The version from the Brothers Grimm is not told so well as they put important facts in really odd places. Like you don't find out the king has kids until after he's married the evil witch's daughter and brought her home. But yeah, definitely not a kids book.

[Sliceanddice]

i found a Juliet Marillier in the kids section once, but only one so i moved, and alphbetised the shelf i put it on.
I would have laugfhed so hard if some mom bought it for their kid.
(It was Daughter of the forest, which is a wonderful book, i own it. And yes is a fairy tale, but i think the rape, murder, deptetion and almost burning would have made some mommy go pissy)

[Dreamstalker]

My LKH sighting was a few printings ago, when the covers were a bit more colorful and abstract (linky).

[PepperElf]

lol. i love the books too.... actually that's why i pointed it out. cos i figured parents would be pissed.


and... laura k hamilton?.... in the children's section...
they didn't notice the bookcover image of a woman's naked back?

[justZu]

If any of you like sci fi... go look at Charline Harris' series about the waitress who can read minds & deals with vampires. When you get to the multiple sex scenes...you'll understand why I brought this issue to the attention of the store... yeah they had it next to the children's books.

I love the Sookie Stackhouse books. But damn, they are not for kids. Can you imagine the SC ranting if the wrong pwecious chiiiiild bought one of them and showed their parents.

[Pagan]

When I was still at the green and white music/books/video place, there was a whole bunch of us doing a floor shift in the kids books. Well, one of us found some books that looked like they would be kids books....until you read through them. I think they were called something like, "That's Bad" and "That's Dangerous". We almost died laughing at them. One of the examples in the "That's Dangerous" one was along the lines of "Don't jump off the roof with a blanket as a cape". Those things were hysterical!

There's also some others that are something like "Happy Animals" (that's not it, but I can't remember what it was) and those were just this side of porn. Definitely not for the kiddos!

[wagegoth]

I did find the Anita Blake books in the tween section of the library, and reported it, and they did nothing. Argh.

[Dreamstalker]

I once found a few of Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry books shelved in children's. Yes, the plot involves fairy folk, but not the Disney type. No Anita Blake has made its way over there yet, but with the prevalence of tween vampire fiction it's just a matter of time (when the cover art was painted and more colorful I'd see that all the time at the other bookstore I was at).

While cleaning up the hurricane from inventory today, I found some fantasy erotica in with the kids books (both title and cover art were NOT that of kids books; luckily I got it fixed before we reopened). Yes, we had such a section and it was near where graphic novels used to be and kids is now, but dissolving that section means said titles go back with the adult fiction.

I've noticed that some teen/kids fantasy book covers use a similar typeface to that of the adult romance, which might add to the confusion.

[edible_hat]

Adults only stuff I've found in the children's section included Ninja Scroll, Happy Tree Friends, Fritz the Cat and the pop-up Kama Sutra (yes it actually exists!)