Navigating the Evolution of Genre: Lessons from the Past

In this episode I share the essay I found that helped me envision the ending of the novel, an almost anti-sword & sorcery essay, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K Le Guin. First I read it to you (click here if you want to read it yourself), then get into how it helped me see the story I want to tell so much more clearly.

Then in the listener question segment I discuss how I discovered, and was drawn to work with, a remarkable speculative fiction archive, The Merril Collection. In this I promise some links, which are as follow:

The Merril Collection: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/merril/

The Merril Collection Digital Archive: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38532&view=grid

Friends of Merril: https://friendsofmerril.org

Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection podcast: https://unknownworlds.podbean.com

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