Bakka Books: A Belated Happy Birthday

[james_davis_nicoll]

Bakka Books: A Belated Happy Birthday

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Thanks for this

[asyouknow_bob]

My Bakka saga is similar - - I live a mere ~600km from Bakka, and I first got there around 1978.

(Besides my bi-annual Expotitions to Toronto, I used to routinely day-trip down to NYC in search of half-price review copies; today I routinely order new books at a 40% discount without having to get dressed...)

Here in the days of internet-shopping-from-one's-couch, it's difficult to convey to young people just how arduous the Quest for Books used to be.

("But you try telling Young People today that, and they won't believe you, no...")

[jsburbidge]

I picked up five books there today...

In theory I could get there every week but my current TBR pile would already last me a year or two at my book a week or so rate.

ETA:To my recollection, I first got there in 1977,when I was in Grade 13

[melita66]

I had a Waldenbooks down the street which had a decent sff selection. Once I started using the buses I could get to Comics and Co. with one change. When I got bolder, I also went to Monkeys Retreat where I could get Elfquest and Sabre. Then the Wizard of Comics opened in biking distance...

Trips to Mackinac would sometimes mean a stop in Ann Arbor to visit Eye of Agamotto.

We did yearly trips out west. I had a whole list of bookstores and comic shops. I'd be surprised if any of them are still open thirty-odd years later.

[asyouknow_bob]

I had a whole list of bookstores and comic shops. I'd be surprised if any of them are still open thirty-odd years later.

Right. In those misty times Before the Internet, simply finding the bookstores in a distant city was a challenge in itself.

[dewline]

I wish we still had a bookstore like this in Ottawa.