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Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection

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    Cosy Fantasy

    15/12/2025 | 34 mins.

    Stephen talks with Yilin Wang and André Geleynse of Tales & Feathers magazine about cosy fiction. Tales & Feathers magazine Augur magazine Facebook Twitter Instagram Merril Links The Merril Collection! Friends of Merril (Facebook & Twitter) Works & artists mentioned Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers John Wiswell Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Diana Wynne Jones I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Hakumei and Mikochi by Takuto Kashiki Host: Stephen Geraghty Producer: Janet Mowat This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2023.

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    Apocalypse

    06/12/2025 | 46 mins.

    New host Stephen talks with Waubgeshig Rice about apocalyptic stories, Indigenous SF, and his books Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves. Waub's website Facebook Twitter Instagram Goodreads Merril Links The Merril Collection! Friends of Merril (Facebook & Twitter) Works & artists mentioned Moon of the Crusted Snow, Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice  Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham Mad Max (1979) The Last of Us (video game - 2013; TV series - 2023) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Trickster series by Eden Robinson The Road by Cormack McCarthy Host: Stephen Geraghty Producer: Janet Mowat This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2023.

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    Climate Fiction

    31/12/2022 | 49 mins.

    In his final episode as host of the podcast, Oliver chats with author Kim Stanley Robinson about Climate Fiction. KimStanleyRobinson.info Merril Links The Merril Collection! Friends of Merril (Facebook & Twitter)

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    Folklore and the Four Winds Storytellers Library

    08/8/2022 | 32 mins.

    Oliver talks with Norman Perrin about folklore in general, and Norman's unique, privately owned, publicly accessible archive of folklore knowledge he’s run from his Toronto apartment since 1990. The Four Winds Storytellers Library on Facebook Merril Links The Merril Collection! Friends of Merril (Facebook & Twitter)

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    Beyond Lovecraft

    25/7/2022 | 48 mins.

    Oliver talks with Scott Dorward about H.P. Lovecraft, how his legacy has been built on, and how writers might take things even further. The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, a Lovecraft & gaming podcast Scott co-hosts (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord) Scott’s Twitter Merril Links The Merril Collection! Friends of Merril (Facebook & Twitter)

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About Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection

In Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection, host Stephen Geraghty interviews special guests about notable history and new frontiers in the worlds of science fiction, fantasy and horror as found in Toronto's Merril Collection, the Western Hemisphere's largest publicly accessible archive of genre materials.Produced by Janet Mowat. Interviews have been edited for length and content. Opinions are solely those of the speakers, representing neither the Toronto Public Library System nor the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy.
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