Wednesday meetings are held at 8pm in Somerville College's Eleanor Rathbone Room (map) or one of the Pembroke College (map) meeting rooms. See below for details. We meet in front of the Somerville or Pembroke main entrance to walk in together.
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| 17 Jan | Wednesday | 1st Week | Somerville | Film | Black Mirror. We will see one or two episodes from the new series of this SF anthology. |
| 24 Jan | Wednesday | 2nd Week | Pembroke | Discussion | Alternative Histories and Parallel Worlds. How might things be different if The Axis had won the Second World War, if Orcs and Elves had survived from the Third Age, or if Biff had taken the DeLorean back to 1955? (meeting led by Tim) |
| 28 Jan | Sunday | 3rd Week | OUSFG Library | Library | An opportunity to socialise, and chat about life, the universe and everything, whilst also perusing and borrowing from OUSFG's library of around 600 books. 8pm till late in our Librarian's (William) new flat near the Railway Station. Directions to follow. |
| 31 Jan | Wednesday | 3rd Week | Pembroke | Discussion |
An evening dedicated to playing Werewolf, a game in which everyone is an ordinary villager, and no one saw anyone die.
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| 7 Feb | Wednesday | 4th Week | Pembroke | Discussion | Fan/Cover art (led by Ash) |
| 11 Feb | Sunday | 5th Week | OUSFG Library | Library | An opportunity to socialise, and chat about life, the universe and everything, whilst also perusing and borrowing from OUSFG's library of around 600 books. 8pm till late. |
| 14 Feb | Wednesday | 5th Week | Pembroke | Discussion | Quantum Computing in Science and Fiction. This will include a lay person's introduction to quantum computing by an expert (Miriam) and discussion about representations/use of quantum physics in fiction. |
| 15 Feb | Thursday | 5th Week | Worcester | Quiz |
Oxford Geek Quiz — battle of wits and knowledge against WhoSoc, TolkSoc, HPsoc et al.
Bring your own round of questions if you like (don't tell anyone the answers). 8pm, Nazrin Shah auditorium in Worcester College (map; Details from WhoSoc). |
| 21 Feb | Wednesday | 6th Week | Somerville | Discussion | Quantum SF. Now we are experts in all things Quantum, we will discuss how Quantum physics is used in SF: the good, bad, and ugly. (Discussion led by Miriam.) |
| 24 Feb | Saturday | 6th Week | TBD | Banquet | Fine food and fabulous conversation. |
| 28 Feb | Wednesday | 7th Week | Somerville | Discussion |
Annual General Meeting including committee elections and the traditional amending of the
Society Constitution (boring but quick) and By-laws ( |
| 7 Mar | Wednesday | 8th Week | Somerville | Silly Games | I suppose serious games are also allowed. Maybe. |
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