Looking at the Nebula Award for Best Novel only 37 have been awarded, three to UCSD alumni. Although the Hugo and Nebula Awards are relatively unknown outside the realm of science-fiction writers and readers, these awards are regarded as the Oscar of speculative fiction. UCSD hosts a large cohort of alumni and speculative-fiction authors, including Hugo and Nebula Award winners David Brin (“Postman”), Kim Stanley Robinson (“Mars Trilogy”) and Gregory Benford (“Timescape”). “We have of a lot of who are not only UCSD alumni but Darkstar alumni, and that is very validating,” Knopes said. Darkstar has been around since 1978 and since that time it has expanded its collection to include works by former members. While the literature documents authors’ speculations about the future, the collection shows a history of UCSD’s involvement in the creation, inspiration and inception of science fiction. The library is not only open to all students but to the entire San Diego community, provided that you can abide by the one-month due dates. However, even those books are available for checkout with a student ID. She gestured to a small shelf of “unsavory” ‘70s trash novels.
“We have so many books that we are going through a purge to get more shelf space and prune out the less favorable types.” “All of them are donations the Darkstar doesn’t buy their own books ever,” Knopes said. Publicist of the Darkstar organization and Sixth College freshman Athena Knopes informed the Guardian that the boxes littering the floor are signs of a new influx of novels. Novels line the shelves and the floor for most of the library cardboard boxes occupy the corners with the spines of novels visible from the open tops.
It is home to over 6,000 volumes, covering the range from pulp fiction to hard-science fiction. Occupying a corner of the building, Darkstar overflows with one of the largest science fiction and fantasy collections of the area. On the second floor of Original Student Center, perfumed by the savory smells of Hi-Thai and given a soundtrack by KSDT Radio, exists Darkstar Science Fiction and Fantasy Library. The UCSD Guardian dives into hyperdrive and terraforming Mars to find the relationship between science fiction and fact at UCSD. Though not well-known, Darkstar library has nurtured a dedicated community of science fiction writers at UCSD since its inception in 1978.ĭarkstar library, located above the shell of promised Taco Villa, hosts one of the largest public collections of speculative fiction in San Diego, with a surprising number by UCSD alumni.
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