Q: How can I find out more?
A: The best way to keep informed of our meetings (including with Zoom connection details) is to sign up to our mailing list (just email ousfg-announce-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk – details).
You can also check our Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/ousfg/ ) or to see our full termcard. Or see below for some immediate answers to some common questions.
Q: What are you interested in?
A: Everything that can loosely be described as "speculative fiction", or booksellers categorise as science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Any medium: books, TV, movies, games, comics, mind-meld.
Q: What sort of meetings do you do?
A: We meet once a week, via Zoom or in person, for a discussion. This can mean serious discussions on futuristic topics or particular authors, light hearted debates about what thing is the best, a presentation on a particular topic one of our members is interested in and thinks everyone else should be too (this could be you!), collaborative story-telling, or social games. We also hope to have an invited speaker, an author or expert.
Q: What will you be doing this term?
A: See our termcard. Our first meeting of term is an afternoon in the park.
Come along to the University Parks between 3pm and 5pm on Sunday of 1st Week (10th October) to meet the crew and fellow geeky freshers, see what we get up to, and maybe play some silly games.
We'll meet near the Keble Road entrance (around here).
If the weather prospects look poor, we'll reschedule - so please check your email.
Then later we'll meet up online from 8pm.
Q: Which authors will you have to speak?
A: We plan to have M. G. Harris (author of successful children's SF adventure, and OUSFG alumnus)
once we can safely do this in person (probably in Hilary Term).
In recent years, we have had Owen Cotton-Barratt (from the Future of Humanity Institute),
Bradley P. Beaulieu (Fantasy author and expert in world-building),
and Frances Hardinge (award-winning YA author and former OUSFG president).
Q: Can I borrow your books?
A: Yes! OUSFG also has a 900-book library of our own from which members can freely borrow books, though we're still figuring out how to safely do this in current times.
Q: How can I participate?
A: Just join any of our Zoom meetings, advertised on the mailing list or Facebook. It's all free!
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