SF Bookstores

These are (or were at one time) many physical Science Fiction walk-in specialty stores with regular open hours. They are not general bookstores which carry SF nor sf specialty operations by mail or on the internet. They may also carry allied genres such as mysteries, comics, or games.

This list covers stores which describe themselves as specializing in SF (though they may include other genres as well) and which have a physical store. It deliberately excludes mailorder services such as Chris Drumm Books, Clarksworld Books and F&SF Book Co..

When a date is listed as floreat (fl.) this indicates dates for which we have evidence of the store being open, but not necessarily its actual starting or ending date.

Store	City	Dates
Adventures in Crime and Space	Austin, TX	fl. mid-90s through late 200xs
The Alchemist's Head	Dublin, Ireland	fl. 1977 -- 81
Aleph Bookstore	Evanston, IL	?? -- ??
Alternate Worlds	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	1988 --
Amber Unicorn Bookshop	Las Vegas
Andromeda Bookshop	Cradley Heath	1971 -- ?? (moved to Birmingham, UK)
Andromeda Bookshop	Birmingham, UK	?? -- late Jan 2002 and Apr 19, 2002 -- Aug 26, 2005
The Asimov Bookshop	Sydney, NSW, Australia	9 March, 1985 -- ??
Bakka Books	Toronto	1972 -- current (as Bakka Phoenix Books)
Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature	Santa Monica, CA	Jan 1, 1973 -- current
Big Cat Books	El Cerrito, CA	1977--??
The Black Hole	Adelaide, South Australia	1978 -- 1986
Bookends	Cheapstow, London	fl 1974
Books and Music	London	1970s
Books of Wonder	New York City	fl 1981
Borderlands Books	San Francisco	Nov 3, 1997 -- current
A Change of Hobbit	Los Angeles	1972 -- Feb 1991
Cloak and Rocket	Ann Arbor, MI	defunct by late 1973
Cold Drake Books	Winnipeg
Compleat Enchanter	Minneapolis	1979
Dangerous Visions	LA	fl 1981
Dark Carnival	Berkeley, CA	1978 -- 2017
Dark They Were and Golden Eyed	London	<1974 -- 1981
Dragon's Lair	Adelaide, South Australia
DreamHaven	Minneapolis	Apr 1, 1977 -- 2011 (predominantly mail order) / 2013 (store closed), and April 2015 -- current
Dymocks SF Store	Sydney	June 6, 1995 -- 2000 (at least)
Electric Adventures	Hobart, Tas., Australia	?? -- 1995
Ellison Hawker Bookshop	Hobart, Tas., Australia	?? -- current
F. and S. F. Book Co.	Staten Island, NY	50s-90s
Fantastic Planet	Perth, Western Australia	Aug 21, 2005 -- 2012 (renamed Stefen's Books)
Fantasy Archives	Manhattan
Fantasy Book Centre	London	1960s
Fantasy Centre	London	-- 2009
Farenheit SF & Fantasy Bookshop	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	?? -- 2004
Fat Cat Books	Johnson City, NY	1976 -- July 31, 2010
Fat Cat Comics	Johnson City, NY	Aug 1, 2010 -- current
Ferret Fantasy, Ltd	Upper Tooring, London	fl 1974
Flights of Fantasy	Albany, NY	?? -- current
Flights of Fantasy	Seattle
Forbidden Planet	Manhattan	?? -- current
Forbidden Planet	UK	?? -- current
Galactic Enterprises	Near Baltimore, MD	1981
Galactic Trading Post	Adelaide, South Australia
Galaxy Bookshop	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1975 -- current
Gaslight Books	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1989 -- 2014
The Great Escape	Louisville, KY	fl 1983
Hobbit House	Kansas City, MO	fl 1974
Horizon Books	Seattle
Hourglass	Philadelphia	founded 1975
Hydra Bookshop	??, New Zealand
The Illustrated Store	Portland, OR	1976 -- ??
Infinitas Bookshop	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1991 -- 2012
Interstellar Master Traders	Lancaster, UK	1990s?
Known Space Books	Adelaide, South Australia	1987 --
Legends Sci-Fi & Fantasy Shop	Launceston, Tas., Australia	1994 --
Lois Newman Books	Boulder, CO	fl 1974
Looking Glass Bookstore	Portland, OR	Fl. 1986
Medway Science & Fantasy Centre Bookshop	Gillingham, UK	Fl. 1952
Minotaur	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	(previously a comics shop) 1984 -- current
Merlin's Closet	Providence, RI	1979 -- ??
Moonstone Bookcellars	Washington, DC	1980
Mysterious Galaxy	Redondo Beach, CA	2011 -- current
Mysterious Galaxy	San Diego, CA	1993 -- current
The Nostalgia Shop	Memphis, TN	late 70s
Notions Unlimited Bookshop	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	Mar 6, 2012 -- Aug 20, 2014
Odyssey Bookshop	Louisville, KY	fl 1983
Of Science & Swords	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	?? -- 2013
Other Change of Hobbit	Berkeley, CA	1997 -- ??; 2012 --
Other Worlds	West Warwick, RI
Pandemonium Books and Games	Cambridge, MA	1989 -- current
Phantasia Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Oct 9, 1996 -- 2000 (at least); switched to mailorder by Feb 2001
Phantasmagoria Books	Dulwich, London	fl 1974
Poor Richard's Store	El Cerrito, CA	fl 1974
Pulp Fiction	Brisbane, Qld, Australia	1995 -- current
Purple Unicorn Books	Duluth, MN	fl. 1976
Sargasso Book Shop	Lakewood, CO	fl. late 60s
Science Fantasy Bookstore	Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA	1977 -- 1989
Science Fiction Bookshop	Edinburgh
Science Fiction, Mysteries and More	Manhattan	fl. 1992
The Science Fiction Shop	Manhattan	fl. 1974-1977
Science Fiction Syndicate	Austin, TX	Fl. early 30s
Sentry Box	Calgary, AL, Canada
SF&F Book Service	Staten Island, NY	50s-90s
SF-Bokhandeln	Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo	1978 -- present
Slow Glass Books	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	1993 -- 2002; has switched back to mailorder
Space Age Books	Melbourne, Vic., Australia	opened before Apr 1971, closed Dec 1985
The Space-Crime Continuum	Northhampton, MA
Space, Time and Crime
The Space Merchants	Perth, Western Australia	1984 -- ??
Starlite Books	St. Paul, MN	early 1977 -- ??
The Stars Our Destination	Chicago, IL	1988 -- 2003
Stefen's Books	Perth, Western Australia	2012 -- current
Stephen's Book Service	New York City	50s and 60s
Supernova Books	Perth, Western Australia	1985 -- 2005 (became Fantastic Planet)
Tales from the White Hart	Baltimore	1975 -- 1997
The Time Machine	Des Moines, IA	mid-70s?
Tim's White Dwarf	Perth, Western Australia	?? -- current
A Touch of Strange	Perth, Western Australia	1988 -- 2000
Transreal Fiction	Edinburgh	1997 -- current
Uncle Hugo's	Minneapolis	1974 -- May 2020
White Dwarf Books	Vancouver, BC	1978 -- current
Wonderworld	Long Beach, CA	fl. 1974
Zap!	Brisbane, Qld, Australia

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