The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy celebrates 50 years

Fifty items from the collection will be showcased in an exhibition that opens Jan. 22 and runs through May 31.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | University

'Mark Glassy and Frankenstein: Men of Many Parts'

Mark Glassy ’78 has collected more than 100,000 science fiction items in nearly half a century. But the cancer researcher’s passion for the genre doesn’t end there. He also spends most of his evenings sculpting figurines that capture scenes from his favorite science fiction films, most notably “Frankenstein.” His science...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | University

Fujimoto family diaries now available online

BY MELANIE RAMIRO RIVERSIDE, Calif. (library.ucr.edu) – On March 11, 1942, the life of one Riverside family was shattered when United States government officials took local farmer Toranosuke Fujimoto into federal custody. His son, George Fujimoto, 21, wrote in his diary that day about his father’s arrest: “Went to school...