# Secret ban--Carl Hiaasen unavailable **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847 "2025-03-20T00:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/21 "2025-03-20T02:41:25Z")
I didn’t see link ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/22 "2025-03-20T02:42:07Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > I didn’t see link From his post (The link after _Squeeze Me_ appears to go to the book’s page on the St. Louis Public Library web site): > [@Max\_S](#): > > Per St. Louis public library catalog: > > _Squeeze Me_: [22 copies available, 5 copies checked out](https://slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S198C737242) > _Bad Monkey_: [4 copies available, 4 copies on order, 6 copies checked out](https://slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S198C1264815) > _Hoot_: [1 copy in transit, 2 copies checked out](https://slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S198C91540) > > Also checked the county public library catalog, > > _Squeeze Me_: [29 copies](https://slouc.na2.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dcdd6640-7a5b-59c1-8315-949ba0967ac2&entityType=FormatGroup) > _Hoot_: [5 copies checked out](https://slouc.na2.iiivega.com/search/card?id=88464f4a-51b6-5aac-9cdd-2009fd315e06&entityType=FormatGroup) Edit: I just googled “St. Louis Public Library,” followed the first link in the result, put “Squeeze Me” in the search box on their home page, and found the same information that @Max_S did (i.e., 22 physical copies available for checkout). Is that the page for your library system? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/23 "2025-03-20T03:05:58Z")
A check of the Kansas City library finds nearly all of his books are available to borrowers (“Squeeze Me” is listed as unavailable, all copies checked out but a downloadable e-book is accessible). Lots of Hiaasen titles available for checkout at the Library of the Ozarks in Branson, MO. It’d be an odd sort of ban that’s only confined to St. Louis and St. Louis County. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/24 "2025-03-20T03:07:02Z")
Right, that’s what I was referring to, too. Looks like copies are available this moment at many branches. I can’t go farther because I don’t have a library account there. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/25 "2025-03-20T03:33:52Z")
Pending the OP’s return to their thread, I suspect we have one of two situations: 1. They are looking at different “St. Louis Public Library” websites than the rest of us are. 2. Spelling errors on the author’s last name while doing a search led the OP to believe that their library did not carry Hiassen’s books. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/26 "2025-03-20T03:44:40Z")
Might be simpler for them to search by title. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/27 "2025-03-20T03:51:37Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Hiassen’s books. OMG, spelling error on my part, too. Hiaasen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/28 "2025-03-20T06:02:19Z")
I just googled. He has had a book banned in schools. Oddly named _Wrecker_. This guy may be my new favorite author. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/29 "2025-03-20T06:42:09Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > He has had a book banned in schools. > Oddly named _Wrecker_. > > This guy may be my new favorite author. 😀 He should be! Carl Hiassen is awesome. Check him out (literally and/or figuratively). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/30 "2025-03-20T06:51:24Z")
The recent TV series of [Bad Monkey](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15203646/reference/) was great fun. Vince Vaughan was born to be a Carl Hiaasen character. The rest of the cast are excellent, particularly Jodie Turner-Smith as Dragon Queen. And of course, being a Hiaasen story it races along with plenty to laugh at along the way. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/31 "2025-03-20T13:42:53Z")
he writes really good kid books, they young 'uns may like that… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/32 "2025-03-20T14:00:53Z")
**Moderating** : This basically doesn’t feel right, PMing the poster with the info is one thing, but posting it in thread seems like too much. Not quite Doxing of course, but close, more of a call to action, but barely. But not something to be encouraged for sure. I’ll remove the contact information. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/33 "2025-03-20T14:07:22Z")
I’ve read some Carl Hiaasen. I know I’ve read Bad Monkey, and I’m pretty sure one or two other of his books. Thanks to this thread, I just went on my online library site and put an e-book copy of ‘Squeeze Me’ on hold (0 of 1 copies available). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/34 "2025-03-20T16:24:14Z")
Purple-but-leaning-MAGA Mesa, AZ’s, public library (not MAGA) has tons of Hiassan, Hiaassen, uh, Carl’s books. Including Squeeze Me in conventional book, e-book, books for the blind, large print, and CD. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/35 "2025-03-20T16:35:19Z")
Perhaps the OP could post the link he’s using that shows no copies. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/36 "2025-03-20T16:42:39Z")
okay, sorry. It’s just public info anyone can easily find - but I know that argument doesn’t fly, so I’ll be more circumspect in the future. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/37 "2025-03-24T00:32:56Z")
Don’t know how I missed this thread. If I hadn’t missed it, I could have found in less than 30 seconds that St. Louis’ public library has 40 results for Hiaasen’s books in various formats. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/38 "2025-03-28T01:44:27Z")
Go for it, Beck. The books are easy, entertaining and educational reads. I have a feeling that you would like his sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/39 "2025-03-28T05:15:01Z")
Try to do them in release date order - there are characters who recur and long-term running gags to find. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/40 "2025-03-30T19:49:09Z")
don’t forget to read Tim Dorsey too [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847.md?page=1)