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...Anthony Burgess. Herman work and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. turn to the themes and concepts" of science fiction. To Gunn, such writers represent a literary culture that is hostile to science fiction with its rational, pragmatic view of the universe. The New Wave of science fiction writers, led by Judith Merril and J.G. Ballard, have adopted some of the romantic and subjective strains of the mainstream. At issue, Gunn writes, is the continued existence of the national nature and technological slant of science fiction. He believes that while elements of mainstream literature should be adapted to science fiction, the core should...
...cells used by Molecular Biologists Carl Merril, Mark Geier and John Petricciani at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. were taken from a victim of the hereditary disease called galactosemia. Because of a defect in the genes in the nuclei of his cells, the victim was unable to produce the essential enzyme that enables the body to metabolize galactose, a simple sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Unless an infant born with the defect is quickly placed on a milk-free diet, he faces malnutrition, mental retardation and even death...
...however, that education can provide answers to the problems of rising expectation. He will be on sabbatical next semester and hopes to use the time to straighten out his thoughts on how schooling can prepare black children, particularly in the States, for the rude awakening graduation provides. In April, Merril Jackson of Michigan State University's Center for Conflict Resolution is coming to Harvard to work with Curle...
Maria who? Today, considerably slimmed down and grown sharp, she is known as Maria Callas. Other Amateur Hour alumni and their years are Merril Miller, '36 (now the Metropolitan Opera's Robert Merrill), and a member of the Hoboken Four, Frank Sinatra, '35. Other graduates include Teresa Brewer, Pat Boone, Georgia Gibbs, Frank Fontaine, Bert Parks and the Met's Regina Resnik...
Kids still slaughter each other with ray guns; teen-agers still dream about blasting off. What, then, has happened to science fiction? Miss Merril suggests that it has been absorbed into the main body of literature. "Thus, much of the best science fiction published today is under wrappers and headings that either angrily disclaim the 'science-fiction' label, or ignore it completely...