Visiting DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis
I return home today, but the flight won’t be dull at all since I’m loaded down with books after a visit to DreamHaven here in Minneapolis. An incredible store, I’m probably better off with DreamHaven in Minneapolis and not in Austin; if Austin had a book store anything like this I’d have to beg to sleep in a corner and just redirect all of my pay to their cash register.
We spent roughly 45 minutes or so searching the shelves — if I were alone I would have stayed until they kicked me out — but in that time I did manage to grab:
- Adjustment Team*. This is the second volume of a series of five collecting Philip K. Dick’s works. I have the fourth volume on pre-order with Subterranean Press, scored the third in their grab bag deal from a few months ago, and now need to track down the first volume. (I suspect I won’t find Volume One for the $20 that I paid for the second volume.)
- Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling*, which has some overlap with other books I own . . . but not so much that I am at all disappointed at finding this book at an excellent price.
- A copy of Paolo Bacigalupi’s Pump Six and Other Stories* which I immediately gave to Andrew. This is a fantastic book, and buying another copy gave me the chance to share Bacigalupi’s work with a friend andsupport an incredible author. That’s a great deal for me.
Visit Subterranean Press! - And finally, the true gem of the store visit had to be the signed, limited edition of China Mieville’s Railsea*. This post-apocalyptic Moby Dick is phenomenal and adding the limited edition to the book collection at home makes me quite happy.
What I find especially entertaining is that all three of the hardcover books I bought for myself were from Subterranean Press. I guess I am more of a fan of their work than I had realized. I should really order direct from them more often, and I should take time to let them know just how much I appreciate the work they put into publishing such fantastic books.
Anyway, I can highly recommend a visit to DreamHaven Books if you’re ever in Minneapolis. And I’ll definitely be back here; hell, I could happily enjoy a vacation that was nothing but spending a day in the store browsing and shopping for books.
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Agree, we’re fortunate to have a great place like Dreamhaven in the Twin Cities. Did you get a chance to check out the Source while you were here? What did you think?
@Jay – I visited The Source and had dinner with one of the owners (we work with them a lot during convention season, so I’ve known the store owners for over a decade now). That is one fantastic comic store.
You have some great stores in your city; I’m jealous.