Today the Friends of the Merril got a bluesky account! #MerrilCollection #TPL #Toronto

Edward Gorey’s Dracula Toy Theatre draws from his haunting set and Tony Award winning costume designs for the 1977 Broadway revival of Hamilton Deane’s stage adaptation of Dracula by Bram Stoker. Found at the Merril Collection!
#edwardgorey #dracula #RareBooks #GothicArt #MerrilCollection

My haul from the Friends of the Merril Collection book sale this weekend, featuring a complimentary copy of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Issue 0 from editor @obrackenbury.bsky.social!

#bookhaul #merrilcollection #swordandsorcery

Two first editions of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea at the Merril Collection. American edition signed and dedicated to the Merril, UK edition on the right. Earthsea’s archipelago setting and thoughtful magic make these books genre-defining classics.
#Earthsea #RareBooks #MerrilCollection

Amazing! Fantastic! Astounding! Science Fiction and the Pulp Magazines. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories, see original pulp art, decades-old magazines, books, and more. February 16 – May 3, 2026.

#ScienceFiction #PulpMagazines #AmazingStories #LiteraryHistory #MerrilCollection

Don't forget to check out Solar System Stories: A Merril Collection Exhibit! 🚀 Explore original art, novels, short stories, and more inspired by the planets and moons of our solar system—from Mercury to Pluto. On view through August 2.
#MerrilCollection #SolarSystem #ScienceFiction #SpaceArt #TPL

100 years celebration of Amazing Stories with current Canadian editor Lloyd Penney. We were also joined by Ira Nayman, so we got to see the only 2 Canadian editors together! Thank you to all who came out to the Merril this evening to celebrate! #sff #amazingstories #tpl #merrilcollection

Celebrating the inauguration of "Space Cadets of the Stellar Rangers" yesterday at the #MerrilCollection Fantastic Pulps show with some damn fine coffee in our new merchmugs.

Thanks to the players - you guys are awesome! In the end we learned that life truly is a gas.

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#ttrpg

Just spent an afternoon in the Sci& fantasy collection here the Toronto public library surrounded by two frazetta original ink artworks and a book with some of his sketchbook images... #masterstudy #inkdrawing @frazettagirls.bsky.social 🕯️🕯️🕯️to the master. #tpl #merrilcollection

Hot off the presses! The first issue of Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection, the official fanzine of Toronto Public Library's famed collection of speculative fiction.
And the center spread column? That's me, kiddies!

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#HauntedDrive-in
#Sci-fi
#B-Movies