"English professors went after his funding, arguing to library administrators and English department heads that hoarding collectible James Joyce titles was more important than any featuring Frodo Baggins, Slusser said.
"Other professors snickered at him in campus hallways. They even grilled his students during departmental exams: Why not study something more meaningful like feminism or multiculturalism?
"'It was guerrilla warfare,' Slusser said."
Sara Lin in the Los Angeles Times explores the Eaton Collection at U.C. Riverside, "the world's largest library of science fiction, fantasy and horror books."
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