My small city's public #library actually has a nice selection of contemporary SF titles. They have Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries series, Artemis Project by Weir, they even have the manga series BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei. Besides that, they've got a number of DVD and Blu Ray titles. I just wish they expanded their hours: they're closed in the early mornings and evenings when I'd most like to go to the library
I went ahead and got a #library card.
Although I've checked out books before, it's been a while, and I was a little taken aback by the self-checkout. It felt kinda like that one SNL sketch for the store where you could just walk in, take stuff and go: I was glancing around a bit...tensed up just the slightest amount as I walked through the RF tag sensors at the door...checking to make sure I got the email receipt to confirm it's all good.
Perhaps a reminder of how radical the ethos of a public library is in a world where everything costs money.
