In article <
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Remember that the City of Vallejo is broke; they went into
bankruptcy after the Navy moved out of Mare Island, and only got
out by cutting all kinds of services to the bone.
None of the titles on the first page meant anything to me --
except _Mockingjay_, which sounded vaguely familiar, so I googled
it and it's _Hunger Games._ No way.
What I need, if I'm going to buy SF, is a library or bookstore
where I can open the volume and read a few pages, or else a
*really* intriguing review from James. So far, none of those
I've read have elicited anything stronger than "Hmmmm."
(There is nothing whatever wrong with James having somewhat
different tastes from mine, and I was really touched when he
reviewed _The Interior Life._)
So I did a search for "Carolingian history," my current topic of
interest.
http://ls2pac.snap.lib.ca.us/?config=SOLANO#section=search&term=Carolingian
history&page=0&sortKey=Relevancy&db=ls2pac&branchFilters=["1","3","4","6","7","8","15","18","19","20","21","22","27","30","42"]&facetFilters=[]
To save you the trouble of linking to that, it had about four
books on World History (all of it), one on Vikings, one copy of
_Charlmeagne and the Early Middle Ages_, which I already own, and
several videorecordings.
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>Naturally, searching for a specific title or author is another approach.
>Have you tried that?
What title, what author? I've been broke for long enough, and
away from a bookstore for long enough, that I don't know what's
been published since, hmm, 2008 when we moved to Vallejo.
I have gotten to Fogcon last year and this year, though, and they
had a dealer's room where I bought a few books.
In any case, thanks for the link to the Vallejo library; it is not
impossible that I might someday look through their list and find
something I wanted. Just slightly unlikely.