Dark They Were and Golden Eyed (bookshop)

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed
Company typePrivate
IndustryGeek culture, popular culture
GenreRetail
FoundedLondon, United Kingdom, c. 1969
FounderDerek "Bram'" Stokes
FateOut of business (1981)
HeadquartersBedfordbury,
then 10 Berwick Street, Soho,
then St Anne's Court off Wardour Street, Soho, ,
Number of locations
1
Area served
London
Key people
Diane Stokes (née Lister)
ServicesComics, books, collectables

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed was a science fiction bookshop and comic book retailer in London during the 1970s; the largest of its kind in Europe. Specialising in science fiction, occultism, and Atlantis, the central London shop also played a key role in bringing American underground comics to the United Kingdom. It also sold American editions of mainstream science fiction books that were not easily obtained anywhere else.

The shop was named after a short story by Ray Bradbury.