Located at the University of California, Riverside, there is the biggest Science Fiction and Fantasy book collection ever. Welcome to the The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Hystory:
- By 1955 Dr. J. Lloyd Eaton was the owner of one of the biggest private collections of science fiction and fantasy literature.
- In 1969 UCR’s University buys the collection, about 7,500 hardback editions of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
- The collection reached 8,500 volumnes by 1975.
- From a 1517 edition of Thomas More Utopia to recent comic books, the collection has now more the 100,000 volumes and is considered the biggest public collection in the world.
The award:
The collection has become so important, that there is an award called the J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award. From 1979 to 2001 it was deserved by the “best critical book of each year”. From 2008 it is given after a lifetime dedicated to sci-fi, recognizing “contributions of lasting significance to the field”. Guess the winners in 2011? Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, Samuel R. Delany, and Harlan Ellison. For 2012 it was Ursula K. Le Guin.
The 10 most rarest which most cool is…
2. Spockanalia. The first media fanzine (fanzine based on a mainstream media).
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