{"id":2437,"date":"2016-10-03T13:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2016-10-03T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T13:37:28","slug":"going-boldly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2016\/10\/03\/going-boldly\/","title":{"rendered":"Going boldly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Posted by Ashley Esposito, a graduate student in American Studies doing an internship in the Watkinson]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/Ashley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2440\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/Ashley-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/Ashley-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/Ashley-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/Ashley-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Leigh Couch Collection in progress\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I have been a fan of contemporary science fiction and comic movies\/series. Yet my love for written works and reading is relatively new in comparison. So when I was offered the opportunity to work on the Leigh Couch Collection of science fiction magazines at the Watkinson, I was a bit overwhelmed. As part of this project, I will clean, categorize, and inventory this collection while trying not to get too distracted by its content. That is likely to be easier said than done.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is approximately twenty-five standard banker boxes with neatly stacked volumes that are grouped and wrapped in plastic. They were stored in a barn so have varying conditions. Although it is a work in progress and will continue to be for many weeks, I am already beginning to discover hidden treasures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/stargate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2442\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/stargate-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"stargate\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/stargate-213x300.jpg 213w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/stargate.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>The work is slow and repetitive but seeing my first 120 volumes air drying was worth it. So far I have found at least three covers that remind me of favorite contemporary works, diverse images that speak to the duality of science fiction and their fans and even a cover that appears to be printed to be viewed with 3-D glasses. I will let you know how that works out once my newly purchased 3-D glasses arrive in the mail for me to view the cover again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/cleaned-cart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2441\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/cleaned-cart-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"cleaned cart\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/cleaned-cart-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2016\/10\/cleaned-cart.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>I have barely scratched the surface of this generous donated collection and have found more than a few ways to let my mind wander and enjoy. That is really what science fiction is about for me. As Robert Frost wrote; \u201cTwo roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference.\u201d\u00a0 Here is to the less traveled road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Posted by Ashley Esposito, a graduate student in American Studies doing an internship in the Watkinson] Leigh Couch Collection in progress\u2026 I have been a fan of contemporary science fiction and comic movies\/series. Yet my love for written works and reading is relatively new in comparison. So when I was offered the opportunity to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,31,33,41,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}