Wednesday discussion, video, and games meetings are held at 8pm, in Worcester College (map); Pembroke College's Allen and Overy Room (#29 on map); or St John's College New Seminar Room (#5 on map). See the termcard below for details.
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| 6 Oct | Saturday | 0th Week | Worcester | Freshers' Virtual Cakes |
Drop in to meet the crew and fellow geeky freshers, see what we get up to, maybe play some silly games, and see whether the virtual cake becomes real. 2–5pm in the SNSC Le May Room in Worcester College. SNSC is the "Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre" which is a pretty (albeit convoluted) walk from the College main entrance. Follow the signs for the "Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre", shown by the arrows on this map, or as follows. Go to the right around the quad, and down staircase 6 at the end. Walk across Besse Quad and out across the Orchard, through the Nash Building, and then turn left, head under Sainsbury Building, and the SNSC is ahead of you. If you come around 2pm, there will be guides at the Worcester College main entrance. Or you can ask the College Porters for directions. |
| 10 Oct | Wednesday | 1st Week | Worcester | Discussion |
Desert Planet Books (or 10 books to read before you die).
Our Michaelmas term kicks off, as is traditional, with a our annual
discussion of the best books of all time. An excellent place to find
out about books that you have not yet come across, and
hopefully introduce the society to hidden gems that we have not heard of. 8pm in Worcester College's Seminar Room A. |
| 14 Oct | Sunday | 2nd Week | OUSFG Library | At 8pm. This is an opportunity to socialise and chat about life, the universe and everything, whilst also perusing OUSFG's library of around 600 books. If you are interested, we can also watch Doctor Who together beforehand. | |
| 17 Oct | Wednesday | 2nd Week | Pembroke | Discussion |
Tentacular Vikings.
Working within the constraints of a few required plot elements
can we come up with ideas and plot for a book or film?
Previous stories have involved
biotech (somehow involving the Great God Cthulhu and
a cloned murderer played by SM Gellar),
the use of a time machine to establish academic priority,
and finally an explanation for why we keep crashing on that dratted desert planet.
Oh yes, and tentacular Vikings.
(Discussion led by Tim.) 8pm in Pembroke College's Allen and Overy Room. |
| 24 Oct | Wednesday | 3rd Week | Pembroke | Discussion |
We invite you to join us for a look at one of the cornerstones of comic fantasy – Terry Pratchett's Discworld!
Can we coherently cover more than 30 years of magic, mayhem, and world-class storytelling?
Will we initiate a new fan in a single night?
What's the Librarian's real name? Come along, and find out!
(Discussion led by Eck.) 8pm in Pembroke College's Allen and Overy Room. |
| 31 Oct | Wednesday | 4th Week | Pembroke | Video | Halloween film: What We Do in the Shadows. |
| 7 Nov | Wednesday | 5th Week | Pembroke | Games | Time to dust off your crossbows and break out your poker faces… this Wednesday OUSFG will be playing Werewolf! If you aren't already familiar with it, Werewolf is a silly and fiendish role-playing game similar to Mafia. A group of villagers are trying to track down some werewolves hiding in their midst; this involves logical deduction, shameless lying and backstabbing, and a lot of silliness. We'll explain the rules on the night or if you're very keen you can see them here. (meeting led by Ash) |
| 8 Nov | 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). |
| 11 Nov | Sunday | 6th Week | OUSFG Library | At 8pm. This is an opportunity to socialise and chat about life, the universe and everything, whilst also perusing OUSFG's library of around 600 books. If you are interested, we can also watch Doctor Who together beforehand. | |
| 14 Nov | Wednesday | 6th Week | St John's | Author |
The Art/Science of Worldbuilding.
Join us as SFF author, Bradley P. Beaulieu,
visits the UK and lays out the secrets of building interesting and effective worlds in literature, movies, computer games, etc.
This will be followed by a Q&A session –
a valuable opportunity to get questions answered on any part of the author's journey,
from an accomplished and knowledgeable source. 8pm in St John's College, New Seminar Room (#5 on map). (event poster, Facebook event) |
| 21 Nov | Wednesday | 7th Week | St John's | Discussion | Crisis of authorities. Amelha will be tell us about the novels of Jasper Fforde, about whom she is writing a thesis. She suggests that "we could discuss the question of authority and authorship in Fforde's novels through characters, references to the canon, worldbuilding and the power of the reader". 8pm in the New Seminar Room, St John's College. |
| 28 Nov | Wednesday | 8th Week | The Rickety Press | Party | Chirstmas party with silly games. |
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