While the organization of this website has settled down for the most part, I find I’m still fluctuating on what I want to see as far as specialization. I chose “Categories” to mean what -type- of thing it was: novel, … Continue reading →
Check out our Event listing for the upcoming Opening of the Jon Arfstrom exhibit at the Anoka County Historical Society. Those in the Minneapolis area should make some time for come check it out. From the Anoka County Historical Society … Continue reading →
Next weekend (Sept 9 – 11, 2016) is the annual anthropomorphic convention Furry Migration, and I’ll be there with a table of assorted favorite books and interesting things. The writer Guest of Honor this year is one of my favorite … Continue reading →
We’ve moved the last of the $1 books out of the main section of the store (and to the Garage), providing space to more than double the amount of collectible paperbacks we can display. Because of where all the shelves … Continue reading →
Judy and David Peterson, owners of Fantanimals, intended to attend the World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City and sell in the dealers room. But misfortune struck and their trailer full of hand-carved animal puzzles was stolen in Columbus Ohio. … Continue reading →
Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine came out in hardcover from Tor Books in mid-July, and has made quite the satisfying splash with a starred review in Publishers Weekly, and both a starred review and “Debut of the Month” in … Continue reading →
Earlier this week we cleared the back corner of the store, and installed some beautiful wood shelves that were originally made for the mystery bookstore Once Upon a Crime. A to Z Used paperbacks have now been moved from the … Continue reading →
We are on the brink of going live with this new WordPress based website, and long past time for a new chatty blog post. There is still a ton of things that the website needs before it will be truly … Continue reading →
On Wednesday, May 25th, the Speculations reading series convenes once again, and the marvelous Eleanor Arneson will gift us with reading from one of her works. I had already created an Event here on the website, and a FaceBook event, … Continue reading →
The mountain of titles, that is. With hundreds of thousand of SF titles available, and a couple hundred more being added each month, I struggle with which ones to add to the website here. I started with one small press … Continue reading →
We are very much looking forward to our next author event, as Mark Bodé joins us to sign copies of his new book Cheech Wizard’s Book of Me, which collects art from both him and his father, Vaughn Bodé. If … Continue reading →
Struggles with new website engine continue, with all the uncertainty and workload you might expect. Will the shopping cart function properly? How much and which sections of the store to add to the inventory lists? Will I ever remember where all … Continue reading →
Dreamhaven books was mentioned in a blog post on the Pulpfest 2015 website: http://www.pulpfest.com/2015/06/jon-arfstrom-last-of-the-weird-tales-artists/ Dreamhaven will be attending this convention. The article has a very nice biography of artist Jon Arfstrom, it has been reprinted here: By the mid-1950s, pulp … Continue reading →
It was 35 years ago today that I opened the doors to my bookstore. It was called Star*Lite Books, later The Compleat Enchanter, and finally DreamHaven. I don't know where all that time has gone; I must have been only … Continue reading →
