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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.179
METAPHASE
J.D. Sauvage encounters Nemo, a squidmoth, whose only trait
in common with human beings is that they too are outcasts.
Though TRANSITION and METAPHASE are currently available,
STARFARERS can be difficult to find. I'm offering
all three books as a set, or STARFARERS may be had as the
bonus book, instead of DREAMSNAKE (see below).
NAUTILUS, the fourth and final STARFARERS book, is in
progress and nearly complete. Look for it in 1993!
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* *
* SPECIAL OFFER *
* *
* Buy two or more hardcovers and receive a copy of *
* *
* STARFARERS *
* *
* or *
* *
* DREAMSNAKE *
* *
* Snake, the healer, travels through a post-apocalyptic desert *
* with her genetically engineered serpents. When frightened people *
* kill her most important tool, the rare dreamsnake Grass, Snake is *
* crippled in her profession. She must decide whether to return *
* to the healers' station in defeat -- or to face the dangerous *
* task of obtaining another dreamsnake. Hugo and Nebula winner. *
* (Dell Books, paperback, 319 pp.) *
* *
* When you order, please be sure to mention the special offer, and to *
* tell me whether you want DREAMSNAKE or STARFARERS. *
* *
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For information on prices, or queries about foreign editions,
send SASE or email to:
Vonda N. McIntyre
P.O. Box 31041
Seattle, WA 98103-1041
Compuserve: 72077,61
GEnie: V.MCINTYRE1
Internet: mcintyre@yang.cpac.washington.edu
******
BOOKS BY THOM METZGER
SHOCK TOTEM. Penguin/Onyx, 288 pp, paperback.
"Really an Amazing Book." Rudy Rucker
"Relentlessly bizarre... a wild ride of a novel." Rave Reviews
"Marginal epic disguised as medical horror novel... Lurid
pulp... seething craziness." Peter Lamborn Wilson
THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING, Autonomedia, 181 pp, paperback.
"An alluring mixture of pop-culture smut and orgiastic
religion." Retrofuturism.
"Striking and original... zestful and frightening."
Publishers Weekly
"Original, frightening and not bound by the conventions of
good taste." Toxic Horror
DROWNING IN FIRE, Penguin/Signet, 350 pp, paperback.
"Brilliant" Screw Magazine
"Uniquely twisted." Times Union
"The prose equivalent of R. Crumb and S. Clay Wilson stoned
on evil speed and sterno." Hakim Bey.
For more information, please send SASE to:
Thom Metzger
Box 25193
Rochester, NY 14625
*****
NON-FICTION BY HANK NUWER
BROKEN PLEDGES: THE DEADLY RITE OF HAZING
BROKEN PLEDGES is written in literary journalism style.
It is the only book to discuss hazing in fraternal groups, high
schools, athletic clubs, the military, sororities, etc.
Hank Nuwer is a Pennsylvania-based journalist and author.
First-edition hardcover with dust jacket, very good or excellent condition.
Specify if you want signed and with what message if you wish.
340 pages, Longstreet Press, Published October 1990. Category:
Nonfiction.
For more information, please send SASE or email to:
Hank Nuwer
8311 Countryside Lane
Fogelsville PA 18051
Compuserve: 76004,1761
*****
FICTION & NON-FICTION BY ALEXEI & CORY PANSHIN
THE WORLD BEYOND THE HILL
Hugo-winning analytic history
of SF. Elephant limited first edition or Tarcher hardcover,
RITE OF PASSAGE
Nebula Award-winning novel. Collector's edition,
Easton Press limited leather-bound hardcover.
TRANSMUTATIONS: A BOOK OF PERSONAL ALCHEMY
"A virtuoso performance... authentically maddening... enormously rewarding...
here is A Mind at Work." -- Virginia Kidd
A unique collection of left-handed writing. A book that is more
than the sum of its parts. Elephant limited hc, or pb.
SF IN DIMENSION
"The strong suit of this book is its urgent, but never dumbly optimistic,
sense of what might be possible, what imaginative span SF might be able
to encompass in the future." -- Ian Watson
First presentation and development of the ideas in THE WORLD BEYOND THE
HILL. Twenty-two essays. Advent quality paperback.
HEINLEIN IN DIMENSION
The first booklength study of a modern science fiction writer, it remains
the best introduction to Heinlein's first thirty years of writing.
Winner of the first Fan Writer Hugo. Advent hc or pb.
FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW -- Berkley/Putnam hc
For further information, please send SASE to:
Alexei and Cory Panshin
5580 Route 412
Riegelsville, PA 18077
*****
SCIENCE FICTION AND POETRY by BILL RANSOM
JAGUAR (Ace paperback, '90) A tale of triumph over childhood abuse
and neglect that walks the line between science fiction and magical
realism. In waking life, the Jaguar is a WWII vet with a
mysterious sleep disorder, confined to a VA bed. When he
sleeps, he roams this world and another, invading the minds
of people as they dream, forcing them to do his will. Four
dream-bonded children combine forces to cross the void between
worlds and fight for their lives--and ours.
THE ASCENSION FACTOR (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Ace/Putnam
hardcover, '88) Final installment in the Pandora trilogy
(THE JESUS INCIDENT, THE LAZARUS EFFECT, THE ASCENSION FACTOR).
Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone who rules with
a sadistic security force led by the assassin, Spider Nevi.
The Director controls the people by controlling their food
supply and their official religion. Small resistance groups, led
by a news team and an underground religous group, fight to overthrow
The Director and his forces, and reestablish the sentient kelp that
used to calm the planet-wide ravaging seas.
THE JESUS INCIDENT (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Putnam/Berkley
hardcover, '78) This bestseller kicked off the Herbert/Ransom
Pandora trilogy, and there are only a few copies of the original
hardcover left. A Ship who claims to be God abandons colonists to
the planet's bloodthirsty demons and to their own sinister leaders.
A poet, a clone from hybernation and a drunken physican team up to
save their own people and the planet's only sentient species, which
their leader, a Chaplain/Psychiatrist, wants to wipe out completely.
POETRY BY BILL RANSOM
FINDING TRUE NORTH (Copper Canyon Press, '73 & 76, trade paper)
Nominated for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
in 1974, this first book of Ransom's is extremely difficult to find.
Just a couple of copies left of this mint-condition collection.
THE SINGLE MAN LOOKS AT WINTER (Empty Bowl Press, paper, '83)
This poetry collection explores the period of separation, divorce
and recovery.
All titles signed by Bill Ransom upon request.
For information, please send SASE or e-mail to:
GEnie: B.RANSOM1
(Internet users may try b.ransom1@genie.com)
Real Life: Bill Ransom
4711 Aurora Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
*****
HARD SF NOVELS BY ROBERT J. SAWYER
GOLDEN FLEECE (Warner, December 1990)
GOLDEN FLEECE is a high-tech game of cat-and-mouse between a
murdering artificial intelligence named JASON and an engineer,
Aaron Rossman, aboard a Bussard-ramjet starship. Winner of the
CompuServe Science Fiction and Fantasy Forum's HOMer Award for
Best First Novel of 1990; included on the LOCUS recommended
reading list; named best SF novel of 1990 by Orson Scott Card.
Writing in F&SF, Orson Scott Card says: "Jason is, in my
opinion, the deepest computer character in all of science
fiction. And Aaron is, in my opinion, one of the most
well-drawn, fallible, *human* detectives I've encountered in
mystery fiction -- in a league with, say, Rendell's Inspector
Wexford. How good is GOLDEN FLEECE? A friend of mine -- an
English professor -- used to ask, whenever he saw me, `Why are
you still writing that spaceship stuff?' Now I can answer.
Because *this* is possible."
FAR-SEER (Ace, June 1992)
FAR-SEER is the first book in the Quintaglio series. Just before
the great extinctions of 65 million years ago, dinosaurs and
other Earth life forms were transplanted to a distant world. At
the time FAR-SEER takes place, a race of intelligent dinosaurs
has emerged. Young Afsan, an apprentice astrologer, gets a
chance to use the newly developed far-seer. It enables him to
begin to unravel the truth about the heavenly bodies, including
the enigmatic Face of God, which covers one-quarter of the sky.
His research leads to a discovery that threatens the dinosaurs
with extinction once again -- but this time, if he can convince
his people fast enough, they may be able to do something about
it.
ASIMOV'S calls FAR-SEER a "tour de force; vastly enjoyable,
beautifully realized." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY declares "Sawyer does a
fine job." ANALOG says "Afsan's world and nature feel quite
real. The reader gets involved and cheers him on, and many
another writer must say to Sawyer just what one saurian says to a
superior: 'I cast a shadow in your presence.'"
For information, please send SASE or e-mail to:
Robert J. Sawyer
7601 Bathurst St., Apt. 617
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada L4J 4H5
CompuServe: 76702,747
GEnie: RJ.SAWYER
Internet: 76702.747@compuserve.com
*****
FANTASY NOVEL BY DAVE SMEDS
THE SCHEMES OF DRAGONS by Dave Smeds, pb, March 1989, 250 pgs. High
fantasy.
Praise from F&SF: "Dave Smeds writes fantasy with the
inventiveness and rigor of the best sort of hard science fiction. His
story of a world being conquered by a Hitlerian dragon is so real that
when you set it on the same shelf with woodsy-elvesy fantasies, within a
week they crumble into dust." Original edition.
Autographed on request.
For information, send SASE or email to:
Dave Smeds
511 Smokewood Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
GEnie: D.SMEDS
*****
BOOKS BY JOHN E. STITH:
Nebula Award Nominee: REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, Ace pb 1990. Hard SF featuring a
ship hijack in a universe of slow light.
DEEP QUARRY, Ace pb 1989. SF private eye "Bug Eye" on a distant world uncovers
buried alien enclave. Don't try anything funny; this could be serious.
DEATH TOLLS, Ace pb 1987. SF mystery set on partially terraformed Mars,
following exploits of an ex-investigative reporter trying to find out if his
brother's death was murder.
MEMORY BLANK, Ace pb 1986. Amnesia story set on an L-5 colony. The
protagonist's only ally in clearing himself of a murder charge is a
wise-cracking AI--his wrist computer.
SCAPESCOPE, Ace pb 1984. Set partly in NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex, where
the author used to work. Mike Cavantalo uses Scapescope, a device that gives
glimpses of the future, to learn he will soon be on the government's known
political criminal list.
Quantities are limited.
For further information, send SASE or email to:
John E. Stith
1242 Amsterdam Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907-4004.
CompuServe: 74375,235
GEnie: J.STITH
*****
BOOKS BY L. A. TAYLOR.
A MURDER WAITING TO HAPPEN. 1989 hardcover mystery.
Jamison, a somewhat confused mundane, addresses a
science fiction convention on the topic of UFO investigation.
FOOTNOTE TO MURDER. 1983 hardcover mystery-suspense. Marge Brock, a
library researcher, finds herself in danger when she runs across
a series of murders she may know something about.
ONLY HALF A HOAX. 1983 hardcover mystery. First of a series featuring
J.J. Jamison, software engineer and UFO investigator.
SHED LIGHT ON DEATH. 1985 hardcover mystery. Third in J.J. Jamison series.
POETIC JUSTICE. 1988 hardcover mystery. Takes place in a writers'
conference where some have more on their minds than how to
construct a line of poetry that scans.
THE BLOSSOM OF ERDA. Science fiction adventure set in
distant future with strong female lead character. Hardcover or
softcover available. Please ignore title; it was the publisher's idea.
For further information, SASE to:
Laurie Sparer
4000 York Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55410
****
COLLECTION BY GENE WOLFE
GENE WOLFE'S BOOK OF DAYS, a collection of 18 short stories.
Doubleday hardcover with dustjacket, signed.
CASTLEVIEW, Novel, Tor 1990.
For further information, send SASE to:
Gene Wolfe
P.O. Box 69
Barrington, IL 60010
****
BOOKS BY JANE YOLEN:
NEPTUNE RISING, hardcover story/poem collection
CARDS OF GRIEF, novel, paperback, US or British edition
DRAGON'S BLOOD, young adult novel, British paperback
HEART'S BLOOD, young adult novel, British paperback
MINSTREL & THE MOUNTAIN, picture book, hardcover
ROBOT & REBECCA, children's novel, hardcover
ROBOT & REBECCA & THE MISSING OWSER, children's novel, paperback
UNCLE LEMON'S SPRING, tall tale, hardcover
TOUCH MAGIC, essays on fantasy/faerie, hardcover
MERLIN'S BOOKE, story collection, paperback
BROTHERS OF THE WIND, children's book, illustrated, hardcover
HOBO TOAD & THE MOTORCYCLE GANG, children's novel, hardcover
SHAPE SHIFTERS, ed. Yolen, anthology, hardcover
DRAGON NIGHT & OTHER LULLABIES, poetry, illustrated, hardcover
TALES OF WONDER, story collection, hardcover
For further information, or queries about other titles,
send SASE or email to:
Jane Yolen
Phoenix Farm
31 School Street
P.O. Box 27
Hatfield, MA 01038
GEnie: J.YOLEN
****
NOVEL BY GEORGE ZEBROWSKI
MACROLIFE (Harper & Row, 284 p. Illustrated by Rick
Sternbach). Utopian novel about space habitats. "So good
it doesn't need any recommendation from me."--Arthur C.
Clarke. "A work of sweeping imagination."--Gerard K.
O'Neill. "Reminiscent of Le Guin but on a much larger
canvas."--Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. "Breathtaking
scope."--Publishers Weekly. "Splendidly wrought."--W.Warren
Wagar. "Far-sighted and poetic."--Michael Bishop.
Also available in limited artist edition with tipped-in
plate.
For further information, send SASE to:
George Zebrowski
Box 486
Johnson City NY 13709
****
This list is compiled as a courtesy for readers and writers. All
arrangements are between individuals, not through the compiler
of the list.
This information may be distributed wherever interest and
electronic etiquette allow. Street mail copies also available;
send SASE to Vonda N. McIntyre (address above). Requests to receive
updates of the list or to be included on the list are welcome.
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Subject: Bookstores in San Francisco Bay Area (SF) List (rec.arts.books)
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[Note 1: I collected these comments from a variety of people. I personally
have no knowledge of many of these places and take no responsibility if you
buy a book you don't enjoy. :-) Phone numbers and precise addresses can
be gotten by calling directory assistance for the appropriate city. Call
ahead for precise hours, as even when I list them they are subject to
change.]
[Note 2: I am cross-posting this to rec.arts.sf.written, but the bookstores
listed include *all* types of bookstores, so please don't tell me that a
particular store has a limited SF section unless I have specifically claimed
otherwise.]
SAN FRANCISCO:
(Now arranged geographically--thanks to Joseph Brenner.
Roughly East to West, or starting "Downtown" and moving outwards.)
Chinatown:
Louie Bros Book Store (754 Washington near Grant). Chinese
Language. Noted a Lotus 1-2-3 manual in the window.
Downtown:
City Lights (Broadway and 261 Columbus). The best
place for general literature. Famous beat era
shop. Go downstairs.
Alexander Book Co. (south of Market on Second Street
downtown). Pleasant to hang out in, and carries
a more interesting selection of everything than
many larger places. It's hidden away behind
Stacey's, which is valuable but really just a
giant Waldenbooks in spirit.
Rand McNally (Market near 2nd). Huge selection of maps
and travel books.
Stacey's (581 Market near 2nd). It is remarkable for
technical books. Another branch at 383 Sacramento
between Front & Battery.
Tillman Place Bookshop (8 Tillman Place off Grant
between Post & Sutter).
Also called Charlotte Newbegin's Bookshop.
Specializes in Russian books, which makes it almost
unique in the western US (but see also Palo Alto).
"This is one of my favorite places to browse at
lunchtime. They carry new and used books, and
sometimes adorn their used treasures with hand-made
dust-covers -- gorgeous hand-painted papers and
hand-printed labels. They also have a large,
elegant cat, who usually sleeps amid the window
display!"
Argonaut Books (786 Sutter at the corner of Taylor) (used)
The Bookstall (570 Sutter btwn Powell and Mason) (used). It
has a general selection of books.
Albatross (166 Eddy btwn Mason and Taylor) (used). Much more
upscale than McDonalds, excellent selection. In a
very seedy area, but you are probably safe during
the day.
McDonalds (48 Turk) (used). You gotta see this place: rickety
shelves stacked to the rafters with old books
and magazines. The next quake is going to wipe this
place out. In a very seedy area, but you are
probably safe during the day.
Civic Center:
Fantasy Etc. (808 Larkin)
"Science Fiction and Detective Fiction"
A Clean Well-Lighted Place For Books at Opera Plaza
(610 Van Ness Ave between Golden Gate and Turk).
Acorn Books (740 Polk between Eddy and Ellis next-door
to Sierra Club HQ) (used). Everything over $15 is
on the computer. They also have printouts by topic.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art bookstore (Van Ness
and McAllister, near the Opera House). A great
selection of art and art-related books; also some
interesting children's books.
Richard Hilkert, Bookseller (333 Hayes, near the Performing
Arts Center). Has a large number of books on
architecture, as well as a large collection of books,
new and used, on design, the arts, collecting,
gardening, cooking, travel.... Carries new and used
books, and has book signings from time to time.
Drama Books (134 Ninth St, San Francisco CA 94103,
(two or three blocks off Market), (415) 255-0604).
Marina:
Writer's Bookstore (2848 Webster, between Green & Union).
A tiny store with new and used books. Classical
music on the radio, sports on TV! *All* new books
discounted up to 50% off cover-price!
Maritime Book Store (Hyde Street Pier near Fisherman's
Wharf). A very good selection of new maritime
books. While there, must visit the Balclutha, one
of the few remaining square-rigged Cape Horn sailing
ships.
Mission:
Aardvark (237 Church). Used to have separate new and used
stores; now the Church Street location carries both
new and used books.
Maelstrom Books (572 Valencia near 17th St). Medium-sized
place. "Looks good."
Valencia Books (around 528 Valencia, near 16th St). Many
hardcovers on tall shelves, old wooden floors with
some scattered chairs. A great used bookstore. The
hours are just listed as "opening" to "closing," but
closing seems *late* and opening is around noon.
The Book Center (518 Valencia near 16th St). Political
literature.
Old Wives' Tales (1009 Valencia). Feminist.
Modern Times Bookstore (Valencia near 20th Street;
Next door to Cafe Beano at 878 Valencia).
A good selection of books along the lines of
contemporary urban/liberal thought. "I gather from
the name they think of themselves as an
alternative to the more backward-looking "City
Lights" bookstore."
Carroll's Books (Church and 24th--Noe Valley) (used). Jim
Carroll was a buyer at Green Apple (see below)
and has excellent taste in used books. If you're
in the area, check out the Mission: Valencia Books,
Maelstrom, etc.
Laissez-Faire Books (Howard Street). Some general
philosophy, but strong classical liberal flavor.
Freedom's Forum (1800 Market Street). (Capitalist) "Most
bookstores carry plenty of socialist books; how
many carry the works of the Austrian economists
such as Ludwig Von Mises and F.A. Hayek? ...
Anyone wanting a balanced view of both socialism
and capitalism should patronize this store
frequently." (according to one poster)
Limelight Film & Theatre Bookstore (1803 Market,
San Francisco CA 94103, (415) 864-2265). The
Limelight has more scripts, but Drama Books also
stocks used books, and more about the
history/techniques of theater.
Ninth Avenue Books (1348 9th Ave near Kirkham).
Beard's Books (637 Kirkham near 8th Ave). Mostly used books.
A little bit of everything, but not a lot of
anything. High prices. A hard place to be
enthusiastic about, but it is open late (after
midnight), and it's got a cafe next door.
Comics & Comix (Kirkham at 8th Ave). Another entry in the
chain (smaller than Palo Alto's).
Books New & Used (345 Judah at 9th Ave). "Discount Medical,
Technical & Professional." Hours around 9AM-6PM,
closed Sunday.
A to Z News (1392 9th Ave at Judah). Good magazine rack,
includes many "academic" journals. Some used
pornographic paperbacks, displayed with the
appropriate magazines. Includes an Espresso bar.
Castro:
A Different Light (489 Castro Street between 17th & 18th).
This is a branch of the company that also has
bookstores in West Hollywood and New York City.
They have a very large selection of titles of
interest to lesbians, bisexuals and gay men, and
occasionally carry a few used books. They also
have a large L/G/B newspaper and magazine section,
and sell videos, cards, T-shirts, buttons and other
good stuff, and also regularly schedule authors'
receptions and readings.
Crown Books (Castro near 18th Street)
A typical Crown bookstore, though with a fairly
large "Gay Interest" section in the back.
Castro Kiosk (Castro nearby Books Etc)
Another Gay and Lesbian magazine store.
Books Etc. (538 Castro near 18th Street) (used).
A good selection of (mostly) used books, notable
for having a fairly large "Gay Interest" section.
Lower Haight:
(no name?) (473 Haight St near Filmore)
Mostly magazines, and that mostly gay and lesbian
pornography. Some independant comics and quite a
lot of small press/fanzine publications.
Diluvian (518 Haight near Filmore) (used).
Largely a used bookstore, with a wide assortment
oriented toward hardcovers. Atmosphere is
relaxed, spacious with a number of easy chairs
scattered around. They play classical music in
the background.
Naked Eye (533 Haight St near Filmore)
Newstand and video rental place. A weird magazine
selection, with some nice touches like "The
Skeptical Inquirer" on display next to the UFO
magazines.
Comix Experience (305 Divisidero)
A basic comic book store, with a bit more open
space than usual, for live appearences by authors
and artists.
Upper Haight:
Saint Adrian Company (1334 Haight, near Central)
(used). Small, but classy used bookstore.
Atmosphere: has a small leather couch on a
Chinese carpet, with jazz music in the background.
Bound Together, the Anarchist Collective Bookstore
(1369 Haight near Masonic). An odd collection
of new and used books, plus small press stuff. It
has some strange left-wing anarchist literature,
but it also carries quite a bit of other material,
which might loosely be classified as "weird":
lesbian poets, Tesla Coils, early issues of
"REsearch," and so on.
Forever After Books (1475 Haight near Ashbury) (used).
Small, but with every available space packed with
used books. The staff is very agressively helpful,
probably because they know how hard it could be to
find something here. They carry all of the usual
stuff, though in particular I thought they had
impressive collections of old DIY/Engineering books
and children's books.
Great Expectations (1520 Haight near Ashbury)
Very small place, but a surprizingly good collection
of general literature. Lots of T-shirts and things,
largely on 60s nostalgia themes, but there are also
hints of the newer, punkier Haight.
Comic Relief (1597 Haight near Clayton)
Mostly comics. Carries some other random things
like THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK.
The Booksmith (1644 Haight near Belvedere)
Has a table up front with a collection of
excellent, quirky, discount hardcovers and trade
paperbacks.
Richmond:
Green Apple Books (506 Clement) (also used).
"Remotely situated in the Richmond district
under perpetual fog and surrounded by a
maelstrom of Russian tearooms, Vietnamese
restaurants and greengrocers, the Holy City Zoo,
Tevye's, and the greatest Armenian delicatessen--
Haig's--I've ever smelled." Go upstairs for used
books. There are a few other used bookstores
within a block or two of there.
Albatross III (143 Clement near Second Avenue) (used). This
is the neighborhood of Green Apple and many
restaurants.
Canterbury Books (on the south side of Geary near
17th Avenue). Very knowledgeable staff. Just
one block from a 38 Geary bus stop. "Highly
recommended."
Sunset:
In and Out of Print books (401-A Judah and 9th Ave) (used).
Another great used book store. Its awning says OPEN
TILL MIDNITE. "I don't know the name of the place
but they have a fairly typical assortment of the sort
of stuff which people like used bookstores for,
including some older paperback first editions as
suitably outrageous prices." (Also 443 Clement)
Elsewhere (Judah and 8th Avenue). Science fiction and
mysteries. One person said it seems to be
open only about 10 hours a week; another
said it is open until 8 (?) on Wednesdays.