In which *many* books taunt me.

So, here’s the situation. There’s a book I want to write. Alternative history, pulp detective, set in a world where the USA bought Kamchatka at the same time we got Alaska. I’ve mentioned this before, I’m sure. Anyway: in order to write said book, I need to know a good bit about the major Japanese secret societies operating during the first half of the twentieth century, because they’ll factor into it heavily. But I would need something better than Wikipedia for my research in this one. It just feels proper.

On my wish list currently you will see this: Japanism, Pan-Asianism and Terrorism: A Short History of the Amur Society (The Black Dragons)1901-1945. It is undoubtedly a steal at one hundred and seventy-eight dollars (and NINE CENTS!)… if you’re buying it for a class. As the only general work I can track down that covers the topic? Ehh, not so much.

You know, I think I’ve complained about this before, too. This is just the kind of day I’ve been having. It hasn’t even been awful, really. More like this close to being humorously frustrating.