Two-part query

[mrissa]

So, if an American SF geek was to find herself in London:

1) Where should she go to buy British SF novels? It doesn't have to be a genre-specialty bookstore -- I just don't want to walk into the equivalent of an airport bookshop and say, "Oh, look, they've got a quarter of the Terry Pratchett we've got at home and some Dan freaking Brown novels," and walk out again.
2) What's out in the UK but not (or not yet) in the US that she should look for? (Speculative fiction in particular, but other genres welcome with some kind of description of what, exactly, it is I'd be dealing with. Er, she'd be dealing with.)

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

All notes on location very much appreciated, thank you.

Waitwaitwait. There are realio trulio Megan Lindholm books over there that aren't over here?

Ooooooh.

[ellarien]

Ones that are out of print here, anyway;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-4046277-4959634

The Reindeer People/Wolf's Brother duology might be of interest, if you haven't come across it before.

[ellarien]

Sorry, the link doesn't work. (Computers hate me today.) It was just the page I got by putting Megan Lindholm into Amazon.co.uk's search box.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I've heard of it but haven't read it. I've read others of the Megan Lindholm books, but mostly borrowed.

[katallen.livejournal.com]

::grins:: I just heard it from someone when I mentioned a title I'd bought -- it may well be that they're just long out of print, or maybe that the US distribution was small and not noticed by the person in question.