Which is the best specialty bookstore in San Francisco Bay?

It's Borderland Books! Yes, we're happy and proud to update you that Borderland Books was chosen in the recent Best of the Bay poll in the San Francisco Bay Guardian as the Best Specialty Bookstore!

Borderland is a unique bookstore and is San Francisco's home for science fiction, fantasy, and horror books. It carries both new and used titles within their specialties, as well as eclectic periodicals, British imports, small press titles, videos and DVDs and many other items of interest to the fan or collector of genre literature. And no, you won't find there items such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Star Trek books.

As mentioned Borderland Books is part of Eco-Libris bookstores program, which means that customers customers at the store can plant a tree for every book they buy there and receive our sticker at the counter.

Kudos to Borderlands and if you're in SF and a fan of science fiction, fantasy or horror books don't forget to visit them. The store is opened 7 days a week and the address is: 866 Valencia, SF. You can find more information on their website: http://www.borderlands-books.com/. Don't forget to check out the events calendar - they host authors almost every week and have many other interesting events.

Yours,

Raz @ Eco-Libris

Plant a tree for every book you read!

* the photo is of Borderlands, from the front door of the store (from Borderlands Books photo gallery)

As The Wheel of Time Turns... R.I.P.: Robert Jordan

Never been good at obituaries so I'm going to let this piece from Shelf Awareness bear the brunt of it:

"Robert Jordan, the author of the Wheel of Time fantasy series, died on Sunday of the rare blood disease amyloidosis. He was 58.

Tor publisher Tom Doherty called Jordan "one of the great storytellers of the 20th and early 21st centuries; Jim's Wheel of Time is a towering epic of power and scope, he was a man of courage and heart and vision but for me, first of all, he was my friend of 30 years."

Jordan, whose given name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., taught himself to read at age four and began reading Mark Twain and Jules Verne a year later. He was a graduate of the Citadel, where he studied physics, and was a Vietnam veteran. He started writing in 1977. He wrote the Michael Fallon historical romance trilogy under the nom de plume Reagan O'Neal and seven of the Conan novels. His Wheel of Time series, which includes 11 volumes and a prequel, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Jordan was reportedly working on an 12th volume at the time of his death. His blog is at dragonmount.com "

I've read all 11 volumes in the series, and plan to get my hands on the prequel. I discovered Jordan while living on an island with only one ok book store, and an outrageous customs policy on importing books privately. Luckily they stocked the series, and I discovered it while browsing the shelves. Throughout the better part of 2 years I always had a Wheel of Time book somewhere in my vicinity, and I am grateful of that.

Best,
Eylon @ Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris: Plant a tree for every book you read!