From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Moonstone question
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:03:00 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

"Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> For those who might remember ... was it:
> Moonstone Bookcellar ??
> Moonstone Book Cellar ??

Who needs a memory when you're <strikeout> an incurable packrat
</strikeout> a dedicated archivist, and have a good filing system?
I still have coupons for the place.

It was Moonstone Bookcellars Inc.  It was at 2145 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW.  It was open Tuesdays through Saturdays 11-6, Sundays 11-5, closed
Mondays.  The phone number was (202) 659-2600.  At the top the coupon
says "Somniorum Merratores" in gothic lettering over a dragon sitting
on a planet, with "Washington's only Science Fiction and Mystery
Specialty Bookshop" underneath.  The dragon is the same size as the
planet, which may be intended to be Earth, but the continents aren't
recognizable.

(I know "somniorum" means "dreams."  I haven't been able to figure out
what "merratores" means.  Any classical scholars here?)

That was indeed quite near the Gilllands', who were at 2126
Pennsylvania Avenue #3 NW until 1974.

For some reason there's no mention of a website. :-)

The coupon is undated.  I guess that means it's still good. :-)

Today, the phone number goes to a doctor.  Googling the street address
in an attempt to see what's there today found an online WSFA Journal
from 30 years ago that mentioned the place.