<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, </div><div><br></div><div>Happy May Day! May (ha) you celebrate International Workers, the official beginning of Summer, and, of course, <a href="https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/May">this diva</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>I was on vacation for most of April, so this email will be mostly (excitedly) yelling about new arrivals to the Eaton. Let's get into it:</div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">- Firstly, I'm absolutely thrilled to say that <b>we now have access to the digital archive of Osamu Tezuka, the legendary manga artist and animator</b>: </span></font><a href="https://tezuka.mymanga365.com/newtezuka/main/collection" target="_blank">https://tezuka.mymanga365.com/newtezuka/main/collection</a>. Texts are available in both English and Japanese!<div><br></div><div>- The <b><a href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boston_bruce">Bruce Boston</a> archive</b> I mentioned back in January has safely arrived in Special Collections! It may take us a while to process it, so keep a look out for future updates. Boston was a notable SF poet, and was the first poet to be honoured by the Science Fiction Poetry Association as its Grandmaster. We're honoured, in turn, to have his papers with us. </div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>- A complete run, just two issues, of the<b> scarce SF semiprozine, </b><a href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/darkling_plain_speculative_fiction"><b>Darkling Plain</b> </a>(2000-2001) </div><div><br></div><div>- Two issues of <a href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lc-39">another scarce SF semiprozine, <b>LC-39</b></a><b> </b>(1999-2000)</div><div><br></div><div>- A collection of <b>Sime/Gen zines: A Companion in Zeor, Ambrose Zeor!, </b>and <b>Zero Forum</b>. (Sime/gen refers to a science fictional literary universe created by the author Jacqueline Lichtenberg)</div><div><br></div><div>- The latest issues of <b>Rowrbrazzle</b> have arrived</div><div><br></div><div>- <font face="arial, sans-serif">Melinda Gebbie, <b><i>Melinda Gebbie's Greatest Fits</i></b> (Knockabout Publishing, 2025). A signed, limited edition of a volume that serves as a "retrospective <span style="color:rgb(36,41,46)">art book that highlights Gebbie's underground comics and pioneering feminist work" </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif">...and we're lucky enough to have the artist <b>Melinda Gebbie herself speak at UCR in a hybrid online/in-person event on May 12th, 10-11.30am</b>! RSVP via <a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/melinda-gebbies-greatest-fits-feminism-art-culture-in-comix?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside">this website</a>.</font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif">Have a wonderful weekend, and a wonderful May! </font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif">Warmth and Light, </font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif">Phoenix </font></div><div><font color="#24292e" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u>Recommended book of the month:</u> <i style="font-weight:bold"> </i>Ian McEwan,<i style="font-weight:bold"> What We Can Know</i><i style="font-weight:bold"> </i>(2025) </div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>
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