Today at lunch I was trying to buy the new Novik book,
Temeraire: Throne of Jade. I went to my
usual place, but it was mysteriously closed due to 'unforeseen circumstances' (a very LUL-like non-explanation) so I thought I'd have a look in WH Smith instead, since it's the only other place in Putney which sells books. I looked in the 'Science Fiction and Fantasy' section but couldn't find it, but with a little perseverance I did discover the
paperback of the first book of the Temeraire series in the 'General Fiction' section. I'm not quite sure of the logic involved, after all
An Instance of the Fingerpost, a largely historically accurate novel, was in the SF&F section, why would
Temeraire, a novel featuring dragons as a major plot element, be in the general section?
Mind you, I did end up buying a book at WH Smith,
a new collection of Murakami short stories, so it still won out over the Ottakers which wasn't even open...