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<div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Dear all, </span></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent">I hope you're all keeping cool as the temperatures rise. </span></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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*</div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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: </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>I'm delighted to join the <a href="https://sfs.scholasticahq.com/editorial-board" target="_blank">editorial board of Science Fiction Studies</a> as the Reviews Editor</b>, 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!) </font></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Next, here are some selected new acquisitions for the Eaton Collection: </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">- An almost complete run of </font><a href="https://www.aeolia.net/dragondex/" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><b><i>Dragon magazine</i></b></a><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">, 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!) </font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Relatedly: a collection of <b><i>D&D role-playing manuals</i></b>, many relating to the problematic, but historically interesting, 'Dark Sun' campaign. </font></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Ariel Bignami, editor, <b><i>Fantasticos e inequietantes </i></b>(1980). Anthology of fantasy and science fiction by Latin American (mostly South American) authors. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Rodolfo Alonso, editor, <b><i>Primera antologia de la ciencia-ficción latinoamericana</i></b> (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. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Haydée Flesca, editor, <b><i>Antología de literatura fantástica argentina</i></b> (1980). A mass market anthology of fantasy literature from Argentina. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Ángel Arango, <b><i>El arco iris del mono</i></b> (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. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Pablo Capanna, <b><i>El sentido de la ciencia-ficción</i></b> (1966). Very likely the first book-length analysis of science fiction available in the Spanish-speaking world. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">- Daína Chavlano, <b><i>Los mundos que amo</i></b>. Debut fiction publication (five short stories) of this female Cuban science fiction author. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u><b>Events</b></u></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I was at the <b>Nebula Awards Conference</b> 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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAxXj7-xxA" target="_blank">ceremony on YouTube</a>. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Next month (already?!) sees <b>World Con coming to LA</b>, and I'll be presenting on the Eaton Collection's holdings along with colleagues from the Huntington Library and Cal State Fullerton. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">And even further ahead, in September,<a href="https://lucasmuseum.org" target="_blank"> the Lucas Museum</a> is due to open its doors. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It's a great place and time to be a science fiction fan, folks! </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">That's all for now. Have a fabulous summer. </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Warmth and light, </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Phoenix </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Recommended book of the month:</u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Douglas Stuart, <i><b>John of John </b><span> </span></i>(2026)</span></div><font color="#888888" style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#888888"></font></font></div><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#888888" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></font></span></div><div id="m_8952170119971712386m_-2910393531901029627m_-3801619839268761706m_8726978232117961915m_-5880448888770283971Signature">
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