On (21 Apr 94) Roy McNeill wrote to Keith Richardson...



 RM> Way back when, there were 3 bookshops in Swanston St. The tech

 RM> bookshop, the Space Age bookshop (sf), and the Minotaur (fantasy

 RM> and games). Next time I visited, Space Age had been eaten by

 RM> Minotaur, which became sf and f. The next time again, about 3 years

 RM> ago, Minotaur had moved twice (took hours to find), and by then

 RM> occupied 3 floors. The top floor was straight sf. I spent about 4

 RM> hours there, and needed a carton to carry off what I'd bought. Pigs

 RM> in mud couldn't match my bliss.



yes, i remember the space age bookshop, but that was back in the 70s

when i was forced to spend a significant portion of my life down there.

i didnt really get much of a chance to look around this time, i went at

an hour's notice. it's a bit of a trip isn't it from garbutt to

melbourne to get some sf books?



 RM> I don't know Sydney at all. Is there a similar place?



undoubtably there is, but i dont know it. perhaps one of the others can

enlighten you. i do know of one in brisbane, albeit on a smaller scale,

in anne st. upstairs at the river end of the street. is was run by the

guy who instructed on the c course that i did up there.



                 Keith







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