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Pandora's Books Ltd is a mail-order bookseller specializing in speculative fiction, crime fiction, and other genre fiction, particularly collectible paperbacks. It was founded in 1973 by [[Grant Thiessen]] and incorporated in 1977, and located in Neche, ND and Winnipeg, MB. (Theissen lived in Winnipeg, but stored and shipped much of his stock from North Dakota to better serve the large US market.) He sold Pandora's in 1998.
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Pandora's Books Ltd was a mail-order bookseller specializing in speculative fiction, crime fiction, and other genre fiction, particularly collectible paperbacks. It was founded in 1977 by [[Grant Thiessen]] and was initially located in [[Calgary, AB]] and starting in 1979, in [[Altona, MB]]. (Pandora's shipped much of its stock from North Dakota to better serve the large US market.) Thiessen sold Pandora's in 1998. It closed in 2020.
  
 
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{{store |Start=1973 |Locale=Neche, ND}}
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{{store |Start=1977 |end=2020 |Locale=Calgary, AB}}
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Revision as of 07:23, 10 October 2022

Pandora's Books Ltd was a mail-order bookseller specializing in speculative fiction, crime fiction, and other genre fiction, particularly collectible paperbacks. It was founded in 1977 by Grant Thiessen and was initially located in Calgary, AB and starting in 1979, in Altona, MB. (Pandora's shipped much of its stock from North Dakota to better serve the large US market.) Thiessen sold Pandora's in 1998. It closed in 2020.

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