Books 2014 - Among Others by Jo Walton

Well, read_warbler thought I might like this book, and she was right! I'm in fine company, it won a Hugo and the Nebula Award, and on most of the covers I tried to appropriate for my picture above, Ursula Le Guin said nice things about it. I had to take a photo of my own in the end, for the sake of accuracy, because it seems to be the only version in the world which is stamped with the opinion of Jeff Vandermeer, apparently of the New York Times: A wonder and a joy. Whoever he is, I think he's right... *g*

The first thing that won me over was the dedication: This is for all the libraries in the world, and the librarians who sit there day after day lending books to people. It's not a bad start, is it...? *g*

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