In a message of , cx692@FreeNet.Carleton.CA writes to
All:

 cCC>    Strange, I've had them in Paperback since they first came out.
 cCC> Then again, the House of Spec Fic in Ottawa, specializes in carrying
 cCC> female authors.

"Specialized."  SpecFic closed last Saturday.  :-(  :-(  :-(  The owners said,
basically, that it wasn't fun any more, that they were "tired of fighting the
good fight" in the face of transit strikes, increasing difficulty in getting
titles, street construction that made the store almost inaccessible for much of
last year, etc.