Darkstar's SF/F Lending Library

Our library is housed within our office on the UCSD campus. See the afore-linked page for office hours and directions.

Borrowing privileges are extended to Darkstar members (student & community members alike) and to students/staff of UCSD. If you're not a club member, it's easy to become one: just show up at one of our meetings every Thursday evening.

Our library is managed by a Library Committee which all club members are welcome to join. Scroll down to the Getting Involved section for more information.

Darkstar library is named after Anne Proud, a long-time Los Angeles-area science fiction reader whose extensive collection formed the nucleus of our library. We are grateful to her and her estate for their generosity.

• Analog SF/F
• Asimov's
• Astounding
• Fantasy & Science Fiction
• Galaxy
• Locus Magazine
• Worlds of IF

You may browse the mailing list archive if you'd like to read through past announcements.

We hold semi-regular work parties where we sort, catalog, and shelve new and returning books. We can always use extra help -- no experience is necessary!

Committee meetings are held at 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, at a restaurant near campus. Committee membership is open to all who wish to participate, and committee meetings are announced in advance on our web calendar and on the committee mailing list.

Consult the dslib mailing list archive if you're interested in what the library committee has been up to. See the dslib mailing list page for instructions on joining the mailing list, if you're so inclined.

Within UC San Diego

• Roger provides access to the UC San Diego library collection.
• The Circuit provides access to the combined catalogs of UCSD, SDSU, CSU San Marcos, and University of San Diego. Books are delivered to your University's library for pickup.

Notable SF/F libraries within California

• The The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopia at the University of California, Riverside.
• The LASFS Library, operated by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.
• The Enigma Library, operated by Engigma, the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Gaming Club at UCLA.

Other SF/F libraries of interest

• The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation, and Fantasy, (Toronto, ON) ; 54,000+ items (1995)
• UniSFA Library, operated by the University Science Fiction Association at the University of Western Australia, Perth.
• The Science Fiction Foundation Library, at the University of Liverpool, UK.
• Cambridge University Science Fiction Society maintains a library
• Columbia University Science Fiction Society maintains a large lending library
• SF4M, a student-run club & library at State University of New York, Stony Brook.
• MIT Science Fiction Society maintains a very large collection of genre-related items.
• Jack Williamson Science Fiction Library, part of the Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University.
• NESFA, the New England Science Fiction Association, maintains a large lending library for its members.
• UMass Science Fiction Society
• University College, Dublin Science Fiction Society
• University of Durham Science Fiction and Fantasy Society
• Southwest Texas State University Science Fiction and Fantasy Society
• The Leading Edge, an SF journal out of BYU.

Useful Library-Related Sites

• The Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase, an attempt to catalog books and magazines in the field.
• The Center for the Study of Science Fiction, at the University of Kansas.

• Visit the Mysterious Galaxy Website Phone: 1-800-811-4747
  

  San Diego's only dedicated Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Mystery Bookstore. Turn your receipts in to Darkstar, and 10% of your purchases will go towards new items for the Darkstar library.