BL>   Have you tried the local library, Paul? They let you borrow real 

No, too far away to be convenient, and I prefer to read things
on my computer anyway.

BL> books free, reelevant books written in the last 50 years for adults, 

Yes, there is a great problem of relevance.  The artistic works
of the past several thousand years seem to leave a lot to be
desired compared to the stuff in the last say 50 years.

BL> instead of this awful old junk for kids.

I don't know whether I would call Sherlock Holmes kids books, but
if it is, then I'm happy to read kids books.  I'm also happy to
read cowboy books, where the only thing that changes is the name
of the horse (and they're all 97 pages long).  In some of these
cowboy books they talk about "dime novels".  I wonder if there
really was such a thing, and whether this means there are 
thousands of cowboy books there for the taking?  BFN.  Paul.
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