MERRIL COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION, SPECULATION AND FANTASY
- MERRIL COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION, SPECULATION AND FANTASY
Founded in 1970 by Toronto Public Library in Canada, to house a major donation by sf author and anthologist Judith MERRIL and substantially added to since; known as the Spaced Out Library until 1 Jan 1991, and housed from September 1995 in a Special Collections building at 239 College Street in Toronto. With more than 29,000 books and 19,000periodicals in the reference section, this COLLECTION is one of the world's more important sf research libraries. Among its holdings are many complete runs of PULP MAGAZINES, a good collection of sf from CANADA, a full set of ARKHAM HOUSE publications and a strong Jules VERNE collection. The quarterly newsletter of the library's Friends is Sol Rising.In 1993-94the library board attempted to cut the Collection's budget, threatening its proposed move to a new, large building in 1995, and possibly restricting access through a combination of staff cuts and, perhaps, user fees. At an angry meeting in the Worldcon in 1994 the Friends of the Merril Collection announced the formation of a new body, the CanadianScience Fiction Foundation, to lobby for the Collection's survival.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
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2011.
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