[Sfts-faculty] Klein Librarian update August 2025

[Phoenix Alexander]

Dear all,

I hope you all had a fantastic Labor Day weekend, and that the summer is
recharging your batteries as we approach the new quarter (still a few
weeks' off!)

It's a brief update this month, starting with one exciting new acquisition
to announce:

- *Weird Fantasy Vol. 1, No. 18*. One of the most remarkable pre-Code
science fiction comic books of the 1950s, this issue is best known for its
inclusion of 'Judgement Day!'—a ground-breaking and progressive short story
that directly confronted segregationist ideology at the height of the Jim
Crow era.

Last month (August 14th-17th) I attended *World Con* in Seattle, which was
a fantastic opportunity to meet potential donors and catch up on all the
happenings in SF/F publishing.

*This* month I'm looking forward to attending *Speculative Fiction Across
Media* <https://sfamla.org/schedule-2025/> in LA, where I'll be ranting
about presenting on the historical and ongoing feminized, sexualized
depictions of AI and robots in popular culture (cc: the recommended Book of
the Month).

Next month is already looking busy; I'll be tabling with colleagues at
the *Riverside
Book Festival *on *October 11th*, paneling at the *LA Archives Bazaar *a
week later, on* October 18th*—and, of course, tabling at the* Inland Empire
Archives Fair <https://events.ucr.edu/event/archives-fair-2025> *on campus!
Do sign up, if you haven't already.

Until next time! Take care, stay cool, stream *Alien: Earth*.

Warmth and light,

Phoenix

*Recommended book of the month:*  Sierra Greer, *Annie Bot  *(2024)

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*Dr. Phoenix Alexander (he/him/his)*

*Jay Kay and Doris Klein Librarian for Science Fiction and Fantasy *

University of California, Riverside
P.O. Box 5900 | Rivera Library, Room 406c
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Department Website: https://scua.ucr.edu/
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