LJ is not dead! It's just more exclusive than it used to be. :-)

I'm with you: I love books. Pretty, lush hardcovers; easy-to-carry paperbacks; all of 'em. I have bookshelves all over the place, and books in piles around them. I bring too many books on vacation and still run out. And I am tired of hearing about ebooks...

I'm sorry "Sexing the Weird" is giving you such fits. I was looking forward to reading it (I proofed that volume for Sub Press).