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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear all, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">We made it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I hope finals/work/other commitments have wrapped up, or are in the process of wrapping up, nicely, and that a relaxing holiday beckons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's been an eventful year, for sure, and I want to start this last Klein update of 2023 by reminding everyone (myself included!) to allow yourselves kindness and rest as we go into
2024. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Speaking of which: look out for the
<b>new SCUA exhibit, titled 'Eaton at the Movies!', opening January 29th!</b> It showcases items related to SF film and television from the Eaton Collection, and I found some
<b>gems</b> in our unprocessed collections in particular, which I can't wait for you to see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eaton Collection has continued to grow, with some super-exciting additions: </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>John Coker's 'Portraits of Wonder': an archive of
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>200 matted and signed photographs of prominent science fiction</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>authors</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>from
the early 1980s-2000s</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. These wonderfully complement the Klein photographs
and papers, and continue the chronological documentation of the SF world, post-Klein. The Klein and Coker archives combined present a vast and comprehensive visual history of 20th-century fandom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b>Jane Webb Loudon,<b> The Mummy!</b>, 1828. A rare second edition of an early, important work of SF by a female author. </span></li></ul>
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<b>Judgement Night, </b>1952. A beautiful first edition from another major female author in SF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stanislaw Lem,
<b>Solaris,</b> 1971. The UK first edition of this classic SF novel, featuring a gorgeous, illustrated dust jacket. </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Andrew Lippert has completed cataloging of the
<b>Klein Papers</b>! Check out the <a href="https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bv7nq5/entire_text/" id="LPlnk197969" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bv7nq5/entire_text/" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
finding aid at this link</a>; the Klein photographs are also in the process of being digitized. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks to everyone who submitted their artwork and written pieces to Sandy Enriquez's '<b>Ancestral Futures</b>' project! It was a pleasure going through each submission, and Sandy
will compile a zine featuring the selected work in the new year, so do look out for that. </span></li></ul>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That's all for now! Take good care of yourselves, have a great holiday break, and wishing you all the
best for the new year.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;"><u>Recommended book of the month:</u> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;"><b><i> </i>Skellig,
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;">David Almond (1998) </span></div>
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<i>Jay Kay and Doris Klein Librarian for Science Fiction and Fantasy </i></p>
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