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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUncle Hugo's Bookstore Burned Down in Riots (Oldest Science Fiction Bookstore in the US)
https://locusmag.com/2020/05/uncle-hugos-bookstore-burned-down/Uncle Hugos, the oldest independent science fiction and fantasy bookstore in the US founded in 1974, burned down during the recent riots protesting police brutality and racism in the wake of the recent shocking death of George Floyd during a police arrest in Minneapolis. As of May 30, at least 250 businesses across the Twin Cities had been damaged or destroyed. Some, including Uncle Hugos, were destroyed completely by fire or suffered extensive water damage. Uncle Edgars bookstore, a specialty mystery, suspense, and thrillers shop, which was housed within Uncle Hugos, is also gone.
Shit. That place was a treasure, with vintage books and magazines going back to the 1920's. Signed first editions as well.
Just ash now.
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Uncle Hugo's Bookstore Burned Down in Riots (Oldest Science Fiction Bookstore in the US) (Original Post)
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2020
OP
There will be a GoFundMe page set up by the owner, Don Blyly, later, but the one set up
highplainsdem
Jun 2020
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BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)1. Brutal
highplainsdem
(48,731 posts)2. There will be a GoFundMe page set up by the owner, Don Blyly, later, but the one set up
already, by someone Don doesn't know, has been paused after notification Don will be setting up his own.
Don will almost certainly be able to use donations of old books and magazines, too, if he chooses to rebuild.
miyazaki
(2,221 posts)3. A rotten shame. nt
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)4. Awful
Signed first editions as well.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)9. What kind of a person sees a bookstore and thinks, "Burn it!"
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)5. My best days as a kid was going to our science fiction
bookstore in Southern California (The Book Sale). It was nationally recognized. Didn't know it at the time, but so many great memories came from that store.
This is a travesty.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)6. That makes me so sad
There are many books on my shelf that came from Uncle Hugo's
mainer
(12,013 posts)7. Oh no. I loved that bookstore
I'd visit it every time I was in that city.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)8. Sad
Simply, sad