Bookshops in London?

[MadsPLP]

I'm going to London in early February.

I haven't been there in quite some years and was wondering if anyone could tell anything about bookshops of interest? Both genre and more general.

Record shops outside of Berwick St. would also be of interest.

[Masonwire]

There's the Book and Comic Exchange in Pembridge Road near Notting Hill Gate. They don't stock so much genre literature but they've got quite a selection of general fiction.
By the way, are you going to the Current 93 gig?

[MadsPLP]

Quote Originally Posted by Masonwire

There's the Book and Comic Exchange in Pembridge Road near Notting Hill Gate. They don't stock so much genre literature but they've got quite a selection of general fiction. By the way, are you going to the Current 93 gig?

Thanks!

Yes, I am. Don't really know what to expect of the new line up, but it seems interesting, though it's a shame that Cashmore seems to be out again.

[Lucian Taylor]

Aparently his Lyric book which I pre-ordered in 2004 will be published to coincide with the concert......mmmmmm sensing a feeling of deja-vu ;-)

[Robin Davies]

Quote Originally Posted by MadsPLP

I'm going to London in early February. I haven't been there in quite some years and was wondering if anyone could tell anything about bookshops of interest? Both genre and more general.

Charing Cross Road still has a lot of bookshops, though some have closed down in recent years. There's an occult bookshop and some rare-book shops in Cecil Court just off Charing Cross Road, and The Cinema Store at 5 Upper St. Martin's Lane specialises in books on movies. The SF/fantasy/horror bookshop Forbidden Planet is at 179 Shaftesbury Avenue.

[Viva June]

Please visit Peter Harrington at 100 Fulham Road and report back to me. They have an amazing inventory if my AbeBooks searches are anything to go by. Nothing in there costs less than £100, so you won't be paying any extra baggage fees on your way home. I've come to regard it as a strange and magical place for rich people who collect mid-century British first editions, and I want to hear all about it.

[MadsPLP]

Quote Originally Posted by Viva June

Please visit Peter Harrington on 100 Fulham Road and report back to me. They have an amazing inventory if my AbeBooks searches are anything to go by. Nothing in there costs less than £100, so you won't be paying any extra baggage fees on your way home. I've come to regard it as a strange and magical place for rich people who collect mid-century British first editions, and I want to hear all about it.

Well, I don't own Aickman's The Late Breakfasters ...

The Late Breakfasters. - AICKMAN, Robert. - Peter Harrington Rare First Edition Books

Maybe they'll take my kidney in exchange.

[Robin Davies]

I'm amazed that The Late Breakfasters hasn't been reprinted. It's the one, very expensive, gaping hole in my Aickman collection. Does anyone know if the Aickman estate has banned it or something?