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Well, I finished 3001: The Terrible Secret of Space, or whatever it's called. As cortezopossum predicted, am having more fun reading the technical (and quite autobiographical) notes at the end. The story itself is just a big let-down.

One moment I liked, because it meshes with a theory I have about how people perceive the distant past: at one point, Poole (21st century astronaut who finds himself transported into the 31st) is in a public place, reading a plaque with a Henry David Thoreau quotation on it. The groundskeeper sees his interest, and, recognizing Poole as the celebrity he is, asks, "Oh, did you know him?"

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M showed me a month or two ago where the Broadway branch of the Cambridge Library is, near Harvard; was delighted that the library card I got when I first moved here in 2000, and then never used, still worked. Used it yesterday to check out Jim Munroe's 2002 novel Everyone in Silico, following a pointer from magid. Liking it so far; will report later.

(It did, in fact, occur to me to look into the Harvard libraries too, but their online catalog seemed to indicate that it didn't hold this book. Though they do have a 19th century geometry textbook published by James Munroe & co.)

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[xach.livejournal.com]

You're from Maine? Do you know Stephen King? No? How about Jim? I went to camp with him once.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Glad you're liking it so far.
That's the library closest to me, btw. (Which will be undergoing renovations at some point, but I think it's going to be staying open during.)