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electriclandAs many of you know, I adore the Toronto Public Library with every fibre of my being. However, I'm getting a little tired of the message FOR USE IN MERRIL COLLECTION ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN, which pops up pretty much every time I search for a moderately obscure work of fantasy.
However, now that Magic for Beginners has won a Nebula, perhaps they'll relent and buy another copy. (I hadn't made the connection. I really liked "The Faery Handbag". I suppose I could just buy my own.)
Other semi-random thought from the evening's wanderings: I have discovered where Event Sluts go to die! OK, not Event Sluts exactly, more the things they... don't... buy... Anyway, the second floor of the World's Biggest Bookstore (which really should have its own website, damn you Heather! and damn your deceptive bookmarks too!) has a clearance section, which somehow I had not noticed before now, and I swear to you, it has everything. Every overpriced amusing tchotchke you have ever admired in the Home section of an Indigo and thought either "Gee, I might buy that if it were, like, a tenth the price" or "Who in their right mind would ever buy that?" is there. (I think the second category accounts for the masses and masses of vaguely ovoid, bright orange ceramic... things.) Also, to give it its due, some quite nice notebooks. And if you're of the mind to stock up on photo albums (wedding, baby, or Other), Halloween or Christmas decorations, or the free world's supply of cucumber-scented candles, that's the place. I marvelled at it all for quite some time.
However, now that Magic for Beginners has won a Nebula, perhaps they'll relent and buy another copy. (I hadn't made the connection. I really liked "The Faery Handbag". I suppose I could just buy my own.)
Other semi-random thought from the evening's wanderings: I have discovered where Event Sluts go to die! OK, not Event Sluts exactly, more the things they... don't... buy... Anyway, the second floor of the World's Biggest Bookstore (which really should have its own website, damn you Heather! and damn your deceptive bookmarks too!) has a clearance section, which somehow I had not noticed before now, and I swear to you, it has everything. Every overpriced amusing tchotchke you have ever admired in the Home section of an Indigo and thought either "Gee, I might buy that if it were, like, a tenth the price" or "Who in their right mind would ever buy that?" is there. (I think the second category accounts for the masses and masses of vaguely ovoid, bright orange ceramic... things.) Also, to give it its due, some quite nice notebooks. And if you're of the mind to stock up on photo albums (wedding, baby, or Other), Halloween or Christmas decorations, or the free world's supply of cucumber-scented candles, that's the place. I marvelled at it all for quite some time.
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Date: 2006-05-16 10:20 am (UTC)Speaking of more Nebulas, did you read Valiant? It's actually pretty good. Different.
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