Public library? What's that? Actually, I read all the science fiction
books in the Hammond, Indiana, public library when I was, what, 15?
(This would have been in 1492 or thereabouts.) But I haven't been in
one since. School libraries would in principle be a better bet for
reaching young people, but God only knows what sort of hoops one would
have to jump through to get a book into one--probably have to be
reviewed by Mothers Against Everything.
I know somebody who just bought an ex-library copy of Beyond the Deep--
one that had been "deaccessioned" by a library, even though it was
just published eight years ago. Sigh.
You can lead a horse to water, but... If you don't even lead the horse
to the water, he certainly isn't going to drink. Are there NSS
membership brochures at every one of your grotto meetings? (At UT
there are, because I do it.) Will there be a pile of them at the
registration desk at TSA? Speaking of TSA, when have you last seen a
membership brochure for it? -- Mixon
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