DreamHaven Open May 12 12-6:30
Mon, 07 May 2012 03:10:01 GMT
Yesterday was an amazing day at the store. There were as many as 40 - 50 people in the store at any one time during much of the day. Sales were brisk and people were glad to see me open after so long closed. One customer said as he looked around at the crowd "I think I'd have to nominate you as the smartest bookseller around right now". If I had done this 10 years ago, I might have to agree. I'm still not completely convinced the new limited hours idea will work in the long run, but the early results have been good. I'm open again next week on Saturday, May 12th from 12-6:30. More sales on comics (tens of thousands of comics are priced at 25cents each/5 for a buck. I have boxes of silver age and golden age comics at half price and specials on many graphic novels and books about ... Read More »
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DreamHaven Open Hours and Lovecraft
Thu, 03 May 2012 19:46:40 GMT
Don't forget, DreamHaven will be open on Saturday, May 5th from 12 - 6:30pm. We'll be featuring a big comic book and graphic novel sale.
Also, our friends at the Trylon Cinema are showing an H.P. Lovecraft double feature that I highly recommend.
http://take-up.org/series/32/
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Surprise Reading
Tue, 01 May 2012 22:51:03 GMT
Sorry this is so late. I just got the info today. We'll have a Speculations Reading here tomorrow night at 6:30. Here are the details:
On Wednesday, May 2, ROB CALLAHAN reads his fiction from 6:30-7:45 p.m.
at DREAMHAVEN BOOKS, 2301 38th St E, Minneapolis. Rob Callahan is a
professional purveyor of made-up stories about the way we really are.
His works of fiction include the novel Hellbound Snowballs and the short
story collection, A Wish Upon a Fallen Sky. He has written and performed
two award-winning spoken shows, Idiosychronicity and The Last Ditch
(co-written with Allegra Lingo), and he regularly joins the Minneapolis
entertainment troupe The Rockstar Storytellers on stage. His nonfiction
has been featured in Secrets of ... Read More »
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Publishing News
DreamHaven Books is proud to announce the first US publication of the novelization of the 1954 classic film, Creature From the Black Lagoon. Written by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) in 1954, this book was published only in the UK and has become fantastically scarce, with original copies selling for as much as $6000. We are now offering an enhanced version of the original novel at a very affordable price.
The book will contain the original novel but we have added some new items:
- Stills from the film.
- A new introduction by David Schow.
- A new cover by Bob Eggleton.
Trade Paperback $20.00
Hardcover (Limited to 750 copies) $50.00
Limited Edition Hardcover (Limited to only 250 copies) - SIGNED by Ricou Browning (the original Creature actor) and Julie (Julia) Adams, star of the film. $125.00
Authors & Artists ...
... who have appeared at DreamHaven include: Douglas Adams, Yoshitaka Amano, Barth Anderson, Poul Anderson, Eleanor Arnason, Clive Barker, Donna Barr, Greg Bear, John Berkey, Bruce Bethke, Steve Bissette, Robert Bloch, David Brin, Poppy Z. Brite, Terry Brooks, Steven Brust, Lois McMaster Bujold, Emma Bull, Jack Cady, Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Carroll, Raphael Carter, Chris Claremont, Nancy Collins, Walter Crane, John Crowley, Kara Dalkey, Pamela Dean, Charles de Lint, Samuel Delany, Alan DeNiro, Gordon R. Dickson, Harlan Ellison, Ru Emerson, Raymond E. Feist, John Farris, Phil Foglio, John M. Ford, Alan Dean Foster, Brian Froud, Neil Gaiman, Terry Garey, William Gibson, Roberta Gregory, Tate Hallaway, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Walter Hunt, Shelley Jackson, Phil Jennings, Peg Kerr, E.E. Knight, Ellen Kushner, Joe R. Lansdale, Kelly Link, Brian Lumley, Laurie J. Marks, George R.R. Martin, Robert McCammon, Scott McCloud, Kelly McCullough, Jack McDevitt, Dave McKean, Dennis McKiernan, China Miéville, Elizabeth Moon, Christopher Moore, Lyda Morehouse, Jody Lynn Nye, John Picacio, Nick Pollota, Tim Powers, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, John Ringo, Spider Robinson, Joel Rosenberg, Patrick Rothfuss, P. Craig Russell, Robert Sheckley, Will Shetterly, Dave Sim, Dan Simmons, John Sladek, Art Spiegelman, Adam Stemple, Caroline Stevermer, Sheree Thomas, Jill Thompson, Charles Vess, Joan Vinge, Karl Edward Wagner, David Weber, Tad Williams, F. Paul Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Patricia Wrede, Jane Yolen, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Jim Young, and Roger Zelazny.