TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merril,Judith
AU  - Pohl-Weary,Emily
TI  - Better to have loved: : the life of Judith Merril
SN  - 1896357571
U1  - 813.54 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Between the Lines
KW  - Merril, Judith,
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Authors, Canadian
N1  - Includes index; Writing my grandmother's autobiography Emily Pohl-Weary; Prelude; Transformation; In the beginning; A member of the universe; High school; What kind of feminist am I? (a short history of sex); (Some kind of) writing : science fiction and the futurians; Virginia Kidd and futurian motherhood; Give the girls a break!; A (real?) writer : homage to Ted Sturgeon; Getting started as a writer; Kornbluth and Leiber and all; Katherine MacLean and the ESP letter; Walter Miller and the custody battles; In appreciation of Mark Clifton; Where do you get those crazy ideas?; A power in the ghetto : swinging London, sour America, and "free" Canada; Rochdale college : a "what if" time; Toronto tulips traffic and grass : the love token of a token immigrant; Living and working in the Toronto cultural scene; Japan future probable; The whole world is watching : considering the notions of privacy and publicy; The 1980s : friendships and letters — Marian Engel and Gwendolyn MacEwen; The crazies are dying; Exorcism on parliament hill; Growing old in the 1990's : dear friends; A message to some Martians; Improbable futures
N2  - Judith Merril was a pioneer of twentieth-century science fiction, a prolific author, and editor. She was also a passionate social and political activist. In fact, her life was a constant adventure within the alternative and experimental worlds of science fiction, left politics, and Canadian literature. Better to Have Loved is illustrated with original art works, covers from classic science fiction magazines, period illustrations, and striking photograph
ER  -