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Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 The Soft Machine
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Banned in Australia

Censorship Agencies: Literature Censorship Board
Decision: 26 Oct 1966
NAA Source: C4226; 'The Soft Machine' folder.
Censorship notes: One censor claimed that the book is '...the foulest and most disgusting indecent book I have ever seen.' Another censor noted that The Soft Machine has about as much literary merit as a painting painted by a chimpanzee has artistic merit'.
Censorship notes: Released by the National Literature Board of Review on 27.07.1973.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Grove Press ,       1966 .
      Extent: 178p.
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