The Book Exchange in Amsterdam
On our last full day in Amsterdam, Ann and I wound up buying more books than we’d planned on—and it was almost entirely the fault of The Book Exchange, a great used bookstore on Kloveniersburgwal. We didn’t have much time, so I immediately went downstairs to the SF/F section to see if they had any out-of-print fiction anthologies. Even if you’re in a rush, it’s easy enough to go through anthos. Sure enough, they did. Photos below the cut.
(How were we supposed to pass this one up?!)
(Oh dear. The web in 2027, as imagined in the 1990s You know that’s gonna get ugly.)
(Part of our catch, documented. Some crazy covers.)
(Note the Sallis antho…wait. How the heck did Infernal get in there?!)
(You gotta have some New Worlds in there…)
(Afterwards, we went to a nice, quiet pub and looked through our books, and conjured things with them…)
2 comments on “The Book Exchange in Amsterdam”
My favourite used book store. I was a steady customer between 1981 and 2009, spending at least 20 euros each week there for many of those years. It was there when I decided to build up a collection of the best SF in older editions. I have fond memories of the late Barry Klinger and current owner Jeff, whose photo I see. If you can, send him my regards.
I am going back to the local used book store soon, it had some SF/F books i had never heard of from the 40-50s.
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