August 2010 FREE Vampire Love at the Merril Doctorow Goes For the Win Lemire Gives the Merril a Sweet Tooth Hill Shows off his Horns We Reach for the Stars, and Find Dragons Too Scalzi’s Up For, You Know, Whatever LILLIAN H. SMITH BRANCH, TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY 3rd Floor 239 College St. Toronto, Ontario M5T1R5 Tel: 416.393-7748/9 Fax: 416.393.7741
[email protected] Hours: Monday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 9-5 For inquiries please contact above address c/o The Friends of the Merril Collection Sol Rising Contents Friends of the Merril Collection From the Number 42 August 2010 Articles 2 From the Collection Collection Head Head Collection Head Lorna Toolis [On Hiatus] 3 Hill Shows off His — Horns Committee By Lorna Toolis 3 Scalzi’s Up For, You Chair Know, Whatever This edition Lorna Toolis takes a much deserved break (it’s Chris Szego 4 been a full year) from her standby column and gives the Vampire Love at the Vice Chair floor over to our resident (new) editor. The column will Merril Jamie Fraser return with the Winter edition. 4 Vampire Fantasy 6 Treasurer Lemire Gives the Merril Sweet Tooth Arlene Morlidge a 6 We Reach For the Stars, Secretary and Find Dragons Too Donald Simmons From the Editor 7 Pulp Show and Tell Past Chair By Michael Matheson 7 From Filmdom to Ted Brown Fandom Before all else, a thank you to Sabrina Fried, longtime editor Manager of Special of Sol Rising . The last seven years of the newsletter have 8 Doctorow Goes For the Collections seen a series of gradual shifts under her guidance, but, as all Win Mary Rae Shantz editors must inevitably do, Sabrina has opted to move on.