Variations on a Beam

Variations on a Beam features a selection of pages from my personal collection of UFO Magazine. These images and pieces of text are cultural artifacts of a pre-internet era and offer glimpses into the communities that materialized around UFO phenomena before Y2k. These selections are unaltered and stand as a love letter to a bygone era of ufology.

In august 2023, Variations on a Beam was acquired by the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library. The Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library at UC Berkeley, and one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States. Bancroft supports major research and instructional activities and plays a leading role in the development of the university’s research collections.

8.5 x 10 in
52 pages plus hand-cut inserts
Custom silver metal spiral binding—single coil
Printed in digital offset on recycled paper with heavyweight covers
Edition of 50
Designed, printed, and hand-bound in California
Co-designed with the author and published by Deep Time Press, 2023