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Sol Rising

For the last 30+ years The Friends of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy have been releasing a bi-annual newszine titled Sol Rising that captures the events, friends, and the collection found within!

Submissions to Sol Rising are always welcome. If you would like to contribute to our newsletter, please email our editor at solrising.editor@gmail.com

Sol Rising Archives
Please note: Older issues show a large blank space at the start of the page, please scroll down to find the content!

Sol Rising Issue #1 – January 1987

Sol Rising Issue #2 – Summer 1987

Sol Rising Issue #3 – June 1989

Sol Rising Issue #4 – December 1989

Sol Rising Issue #5 – April 1990

Sol Rising Issue #6 – November 1990

Sol Rising Issue #7 – May 1991

Sol Rising Issue #8 – February 1992

Sol Rising Issue #9 – April 1993

Sol Rising Issue #10 – May 1994

Sol Rising Issue #11 – November 1994

Sol Rising Issue #12 – February 1995

Sol Rising Issue #13 – May 1995

Sol Rising Issue #14 – September 1995

Sol Rising Issue #15 – February 1996

Sol Rising Issue #16 – July 1996

Sol Rising Issue #17 – January 1997

Sol Rising Issue #18 – April 1997

Sol Rising Issue #19 – August 1997

Sol Rising Issue #20 page 1 – Jan 1998

Sol Rising Issue #20 page 2 – Jan 1998

Sol Rising Issue #20 page 3 – Jan 1998

Sol Rising Issue #21 – June 1998

Sol Rising Issue #22 – May 2000

Sol Rising Issue #23 – November 2000

Sol Rising Issue #24 – April 2001

Sol Rising Issue #25 – September 2001

Sol Rising Issue #26 – May 2002

Sol Rising Issue #27 – December 2002

Sol Rising Issue #28 – May 2003

Sol Rising Issue #29 – August 2003

Sol Rising Issue #30 – May 2004

Sol Rising Issue #31 – December 2004

Sol Rising Issue #32 – May 2005

Sol Rising Issue #33 – December 2005

Sol Rising Issue #34 – May 2006

Sol Rising Issue #35 – December 2006

Sol Rising Issue #36 – May 2007

Sol Rising Issue #37 – December 2007

Sol Rising Issue #38 – Summer 2008

Sol Rising Issue #39 – December 2008

Sol Rising Issue #40 – Summer 2009

Sol Rising Issue #41 – December 2009

Sol Rising Issue #42 – Summer 2010

Sol Rising Issue #43 – January 2011

Sol Rising Issue #44 – July 2011

Sol Rising Issue #45 – January 2012

Sol Rising Issue #46 – Summer 2012

Sol Rising Issue #47 – Winter 2013

Sol Rising Issue #48 – Summer 2013

Sol Rising Issue #49 – Summer 2014

Sol Rising Issue #50 – Winter 2015

Sol Rising Issue #51 – Fall 2015

Sol Rising Issue #52 – Spring 2016

Sol Rising Issue #53 – Summer 2017

Sol Rising Issue #54 – Fall 2019

Sol Rising Issue #55 – Winter 2021

Contact Us

Email:
friendsofmerril@gmail.com

The Friends of the Merril Collection
c/o The Lillian H. Smith Branch
Toronto Public Library
239 College Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M5T 1R5
Canada

Phone (416) 393-7748
Fax (416) 393-7741

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27 Jun

In this episode we discuss Alternate History spec fic with Gideon Marcus (@journeygalactic)!

It's so much more ... than "What if Hitler won WWII?". Gideon tells us of many other premises, and neat facts, like "What if Jim Henson had bought Disney in 1980?"!

https://unknownworlds.podbean.com/e/alternate-histories/

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22 Jun

"Drawn from the Imagination: Artists and Illustrators of Speculative Fiction" is the exciting new exhibition at the... Merril Collection!

Feat. art from the 1940s to the present day, the exhibit is *FREE* and you can find further details on hours etc. here: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp

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27 Jun

Discussing alternate histories with Oliver Brackenberry:

https://unknownworlds.podbean.com/e/alternate-histories/

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