The Library

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Knox

"It seemed quite logical to the Librarian that, since
there were aisles where
the shelves were on the outside then there should be
other aisles in the
space between the books themselves, created out of
quantum ripples by the sheer
weight of words. There were certainly some odd sounds
coming from the other
side of some shelving, and the Librarian knew that if he
gently pulled out a book
or two he would be peeking into different libraries
under different skies.

"Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of
those aforesaid little
little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem
slightly unearthly is
that many of them really are, having strayed into this
world after taking a
wrong turn in their own bookshops in worlds where it is
cosidered commendable
business practice to wear carpet slippers all the time
and open your shop only
when you feel like it. You stray into L-space at your
peril.

"Very senior librarians, however, once they have proved
themselves worthy by
performing some valiant act of librarianship, are
accepted into a secret order
and are taught the raw arts of survival the Shelves We
Know. The Librarian
was highly skilled in all of them, but what he was
attempting now wouldn't just
get him thrown out of the Order but probably out of life
itself.

"All libraries everywhere are connected in L-space. All
libraries.
Everywhere. And the Librarian, navigating by booksign
carved on shelves by past
explorers, navigating by smell, navigating even by the
siren whisperings of
nostalgia, was heading purposely for one very special
one.

"There was one consolation. If he got it wrong, he'd
never know it."

-Terry Pratchett