[Sfts-faculty] Klein Librarian update July 2023

[Phoenix Alexander]

Dear all,

Happy Friday! I hope you're having a relaxing summer break.

You know the drill by now: new month, new and exciting acquisitions to report for the Eaton Collection. The following two in particular are really important texts in the long history of Afrofuturism:

  *   John A. Williams, Sons of Darkness, Sons of Light, 1969. A first printing of this Black speculative fiction novel, imagining retribution for the murder of a Black teenager by a white police officer, mixing political thriller with apocalyptic fiction.

  *   John A. Williams, Captain Blackman, 1972. An inscribed first printing of this Afrofuturist fable about a wounded Black soldier in the Vietnam War who hallucinates about fighting in major American battles across history.

I've also renewed our print subscriptions to the following two journals:

  *   On Spec: the Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic

  *   Vector: the Journal of the British Science Fiction Association

Speaking of the latter: I'll be taking over as Editor-in-Chief in the next few months and will be actively seeking articles and reviews on sf writ large - so if you have any ideas, keep them handy, and ready to pitch!

Finally, a new exhibit is now live on the fourth floor of the Rivera Library: 'Transcribing the Imaginary' (part of our 'Power of Language' series). As the name suggests, the exhibit presents a broad range of constructed and imaginary languages across novels, comics, games, and movies. Come and check it out!

Warmth and light,

Phoenix

Recommended book of the month: The Archive Undying, Emma Mieko Candon  (2023)


Dr. Phoenix Alexander

Jay Kay and Doris Klein Librarian for Science Fiction and Fantasy

UCR Library | University of California, Riverside

P.O. Box 5900 | Rivera Library, Room 406c

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Office: 951.827.2840 | phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu

Department Website: https://scua.ucr.edu/



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