Sunday Library Meetings (from 2nd Week, 17th October) are held from 8pm till late in Andrew's room, in Balliol (map), Staircase 3 Room 4. If you enter Balliol front quad and turn right, it is the staircase in the corner directly ahead. Room 4 is on the ground floor. These evenings are an opportunity to socialise, and chat about life, the universe and everything, whilst also perusing and borrowing from OUSFG's library of over 1,400 books.
Wednesday discussion and video meetings are held at 8pm in Lecture Room A in Queen's College (map), except where noted otherwise below. Lecture Room A is half way along the right-hand side of the front quad, on the ground floor.
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| 10 Oct | Sunday | 1st Week | Freshers' Drinks | Drop in for obligation-free drinks and nibbles, introductions, and conversation! 3–6pm in Balliol College (map) Massey Room. Go into the college through the lodge and turn left into the second quad. Walk forwards to the building in front of you, then turn right and go to the back left hand corner. Go through the small passageway here (marked XIX), and the Massey room is on your right. |
| 13 Oct | Wednesday | 1st Week | Discussion | Desert Planet Books (or 10 books to read before you die). What are the ten SF/fantasy books most worth reading? Come along for a lively discussion and argue for your favourite book, or just for reading ideas — don't feel you have to say anything! |
| 20 Oct | Wednesday | 2nd Week | Video | Twelve Monkeys |
| 27 Oct | Wednesday | 3rd Week | Discussion | Philosophy in Science Fiction (Discussion led by Toby, our resident professional philosopher.) This meeting is in Queen's College, Lecture Room C. |
| 3 Nov | Wednesday | 4th Week | Video | Alice in Wonderland. This meeting is in Queen's College, Lecture Room C. |
| 10 Nov | Wednesday | 5th Week | Discussion | Gods in SF deathmatch |
| 17 Nov | Wednesday | 6th Week | Video | TV episodes |
| 24 Nov | Wednesday | 7th Week | Author | Paul Cornell — novelist, comics and TV writer, whose SF credits include Doctor Who. |
| 27 Nov | Saturday | 7th Week | Christmas Party | 8pm in the Massey Room in Balliol College. |
| 1 Dec | Wednesday | 8th Week | Discussion | Silly Games |
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modified 27th November 2010 by Tim Adye, <T.J.Adye@rl.ac.uk>