Uncle Hugo's Bookstore Burned Down in Riots (Oldest Science Fiction Bookstore in the US)

[Dial H For Hero]

https://locusmag.com/2020/05/uncle-hugos-bookstore-burned-down/

Uncle Hugo’s, 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 Hugo’s, were destroyed completely by fire or suffered extensive water damage. Uncle Edgar’s bookstore, a specialty mystery, suspense, and thrillers shop, which was housed within Uncle Hugo’s, 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.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Brutal

[highplainsdem]

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]

3. A rotten shame. nt

[Mike 03]

4. Awful

Signed first editions as well.

[Dial H For Hero]

9. What kind of a person sees a bookstore and thinks, "Burn it!"

[exboyfil]

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]

6. That makes me so sad

There are many books on my shelf that came from Uncle Hugo's

[mainer]

7. Oh no. I loved that bookstore

I'd visit it every time I was in that city.

[Sherman A1]

8. Sad

Simply, sad