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On Display
Upcoming Events
New Books in our Reading Room

On Display

"Save Our Planet!" imageSave The Planet: Ecology and SF

Science fiction writers have long been on the forefront of environmental issues, examining the possible consequences of overpopulation, pollution and excessive consumption of the Earth's resources. Our ecology exhibit displays prophetic works, cautionary tales, and surprising solutions, ranging from the 1960s to the present day.

On display October to December, 2009 in the lobby of the Merril Collection.

Upcoming Events

Guest Author Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow launches his new novel Makers.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Merril Collection Reading Room

Annual Christmas Cream Tea
The Friends of the Merril Collection Annual Christmas Cream Tea will feature ChiZine Publications, editors and authors.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Merril Collection Reading Room

New books in our reading room

Fiction

Anthony, Piers Jumper Cable
Baxter, Stephen Ark
Bear, Elizabeth By the Mountain Bound
Boyett, Steven R Elegy Beach
Brown, John Servant of a Dark God
Colfer, Eoin And Another Thing, Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, part 6 of three
Doctorow, Cory Makers
Farland, David Berserker Lord
Farmer, Nancy The Islands of the Blessed
Freer, Dave Dragon's Ring
Gilman, Laura Anne Flesh and Fire
Green, Simon R. The Spy Who Haunted Me
Harlan, Thomas Land of the Dead
Harris, Charlaine A Touch of Dead
Harris, Charlaine Grave Secret
Jordan, Robert and Brandon Sanderson The Gathering Storm
Kerr, Katharine The Silver Mage
King, Stephen Under the Dome
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller Fledgling
Lerner, Edward M Small Miracles
Lethem, Jonathan Chronic City
Lindskold, Jane Nine Gates
Little, Denise ed The Trouble with Heroes
Marillier, Juliet Heart’s Blood
McDevitt, Jack Time Travelers Never Die
McKinley Robin & Peter Dickinson Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits
Modesitt, L E Imager’s Challenge
Owen, James The Shadow Dragons
Pratchett, Terry Unseen Academicals
Rice, Anne Angeltime
Richardson, Kat Vanished
Salvatore, R.A. The Ghost King
Scholes, Ken Canticle
Schroeder, Karl The Sunless Countries
Shinn, Sharon Quatrain
Stirling, S.M. The Sword of the Lady
Stratford, Sarah Jane The Midnight Guardian
Turtledove, Harry The Golden Shrine
Westerfield, Scott Leviathan
Willingham, Bill Peter and Max, a Fables novel
Anthologies  
Dann, Jack and Gardner Dozois, editors The dragon book
Straub, Peter, ed. American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the uncanny from Poe to the pulps, (2 v.)

 

 

 

Updated on: November 11, 2009




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