From phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu Wed Jul 1 14:51:24 2026 From: phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu (phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 14:51:24 -0700 Subject: [Sfts-faculty] Klein Librarian update June 2026 Message-ID: Dear all, I hope you're all keeping cool as the temperatures rise. We're approaching high summer, which means campus is quiet(er), and as well as the students being out, no staff or faculty are present, either, so all the coffee shops and restaurants are close- wait, what? No! We're still here! Feed us! *rattles at locked doors* Anyhow, it's been another busy month (aren't they all?), so without further blabber I'll start with a bit of exciting news, and a call for submissions: *I'm delighted to join the editorial board of Science Fiction Studies as the Reviews Editor*, and I encourage graduate students and faculty to reach out if they are interested in reviewing new academic releases in SF/F. I can provide physical or digital review copies of books, and we typically require a first review draft (of no more than 2k words) three months after a book is received by the reviewer. Please do spread the word - and reach out if interested! This is a fantastic way to build an academic resume (and academic book library!) Next, here are some selected new acquisitions for the Eaton Collection: - An almost complete run of *Dragon magazine* , launched in 1976 by the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of TTRPGs (tabletop role-playing games!) - Relatedly: a collection of *D&D role-playing manuals*, many relating to the problematic, but historically interesting, 'Dark Sun' campaign. - Ariel Bignami, editor, *Fantasticos e inequietantes *(1980). Anthology of fantasy and science fiction by Latin American (mostly South American) authors. - Rodolfo Alonso, editor, *Primera antologia de la ciencia-ficci?n latinoamericana* (1970). Anthology with works from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The publisher aimed to address the lack of attention to Latin American science fiction amid the Latin American Boom of the 1960s. - Hayd?e Flesca, editor, *Antolog?a de literatura fant?stica argentina* (1980). A mass market anthology of fantasy literature from Argentina. - ?ngel Arango, *El arco iris del mono* (1980). A collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories. Along with Oscar Hurtado and Miguel Collazo, Arango was one of the first wave of authors to emerge in the post-revolutionary boom in Cuban science fiction. - Pablo Capanna, *El sentido de la ciencia-ficci?n* (1966). Very likely the first book-length analysis of science fiction available in the Spanish-speaking world. - Da?na Chavlano, *Los mundos que amo*. Debut fiction publication (five short stories) of this female Cuban science fiction author. *Events* I was at the *Nebula Awards Conference* 4th-7th of June, where I met with donors, helped run the ceremony - and had the privilege of working with SFWA's newest Grand Master, N. K. Jemisin! You can catch the entire ceremony on YouTube . Next month (already?!) sees *World Con coming to LA*, and I'll be presenting on the Eaton Collection's holdings along with colleagues from the Huntington Library and Cal State Fullerton. And even further ahead, in September, the Lucas Museum is due to open its doors. It's a great place and time to be a science fiction fan, folks! That's all for now. Have a fabulous summer. Warmth and light, Phoenix *Recommended book of the month:* Douglas Stuart, *John of John *(2026) *Dr. Phoenix Alexander (he/him/his)* *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/ *We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luisen?o, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: