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Originally Posted by Quoth
I read Tolkien in the late 1960s. Others before and after. I read plenty of Fantasy in 1960s and 1970s (and since) that wasn't Tolkien themed.
Maybe the Del Ray titles were less common to non-existent in local UK bookshops (I left UK in 1983)?
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About the time I left London and the joys of Forbidden Planet and Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed. FP was at the time in Denmark Street, DTW&GE was in a less salubrious location where one averted one's eyes from the cards tacked in doorways... I also used to pick up second hand US SFF from The Fantasy Centre in Holloway Road.
Del Rey was only available as US import - I've got loads. Other places for my fix were Andromeda in Birmingham and Forever People on Park Street in Bristol when I was at uni there in the late 70s.