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-[[Image:Musk, Hashish and Blood, a French language collection of tales by Hector France,.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Musk, Hashish and Blood]]'' ([[1886]]) is a French language collection of tales by [[Hector France]] "The adventures of a modern man among the cruel men and the passionate women of Algiers," reads the jacket copy of the pulpy paperback. [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] imagery of veiled temptresses and sword-wielding hunks abound. ]]  
[[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]]
 +[[Image:Musk, Hashish and Blood, a French language collection of tales by Hector France,.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Musk, Hashish and Blood]]'' ([[1886]]) is a French language collection of tales by [[Hector France]] "The adventures of a modern man among the cruel men and the passionate women of Algiers," reads the jacket copy of the pulpy paperback. [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] imagery of veiled temptresses and sword-wielding hunks abound. ]]
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'''Cult fiction''' is a term used to denote [[literature]] that has attracted a [[cult following]]. '''Cult fiction''' is a term used to denote [[literature]] that has attracted a [[cult following]].

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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") is a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored for being a danger to itself and the faith of its members. The various editions also contain the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors and to prevent the corruption of the faithful.
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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") is a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored for being a danger to itself and the faith of its members. The various editions also contain the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors and to prevent the corruption of the faithful.
Image:Musk, Hashish and Blood, a French language collection of tales by Hector France,.jpg
Musk, Hashish and Blood (1886) is a French language collection of tales by Hector France "The adventures of a modern man among the cruel men and the passionate women of Algiers," reads the jacket copy of the pulpy paperback. Orientalist imagery of veiled temptresses and sword-wielding hunks abound.

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Cult fiction is a term used to denote literature that has attracted a cult following.

Books that tend to attract a cult following include banned books, transgressive fiction, controversial books, erotic literature, drug literature, rants and incendiary tracts and some genre fiction. The earliest compilation of cult fiction was the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books) by the Catholic church.

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