See below for details, and sign up for the ousfg-announce mailing list to receive a reminder and details for each meeting.
Please remember that Sunday is the first day of the Oxford Week, so please check the dates below if you are unsure.
| 9 Oct | Sunday | 1st Week | 3pm Parks | Chat | Afternoon in the park. Come along to the University Parks between 3pm and 5pm on Sunday to meet the crew and fellow geeky freshers, see what we get up to, and maybe play some Werewolf. We'll meet near the Keble Road entrance (around here). Look out for us, some in bright green OUSFG T-shirts. If the weather prospects look poor, we'll adjourn somewhere inside. Keep an eye on Discord or email in case of updates. |
| 16 Oct | Sunday | 2nd Week | Jesus | Discussion | Desert Planet Books. What are the ten SF and Fantasy books most worth reading and why? OUSFG's traditional first meeting of the year asks you to nominate and vote for your favourite books to establish our ten favourite books for the year! Audience contributions are encouraged, but no worries if you are new to SFF or just feeling a bit shy! This is an excellent place to find out about books that you may not have yet come across, and hopefully introduce the society to hidden gems that we have not heard of. |
| 21 Oct | Friday | 2nd Week | 5pm Playhouse | Show | Self-Defence for Time-Travellers is a live, multimedia comedy show show at the Oxford Playhouse about the unexpected consequences of irresponsible time-travel. We will be going as a group. |
| 23 Oct | Sunday | 3rd Week | Jesus | Discussion |
Collaborative storytelling discussion, Tentacular Vikings
takes a theme and runs with it as we all work together to write a story.
Previous stories have involved
the real reason the world ended in 2012,
humanity's role in a proxy war between planetary gods,
the St Giles' Fair's role in keeping freshers from disappearing into parallel dimensions,
and finally an explanation for why we keep crashing on that dratted desert planet.
Oh yes, and tentacular Vikings. |
| 30 Oct | Sunday | 4th Week | Jesus | Discussion | Adapting Science Fiction and Fantasy Across Media. Is the book always better than the film? If so, why? Join us to discuss how science fiction and fantasy work differently across film, television, books, comics, games, and more, even when they're telling the same story. |
| 6 Nov | Sunday | 5th Week | Jesus | Discussion | Past Watch. Time Travel is a common topic in SF, though arguably a logical impossibility. But travel to the future, or viewing the past are both possible. We practice the former at a rate of one hour per hour – faster rates are available. Historians practice the latter, albeit imperfectly. What would be the consequences of being able to view the past? We will discuss how this possibility is dealt with (surprising rarely) in SF, speculate ourselves, and come up with story ideas of our own. This discussion meeting is in no way afiliated with Orson Scott Card. |
| 10 Nov | Thursday | 5th Week | Trinity | Quiz | OUSFG will be taking part in the Oxford Geek Quiz. Please join us and help us compete for the crown of 'the one wot won that year'! 8pm in Garden Room, Trinity College. Details on the WhoSoc termcard. |
| 6th Week | No meeting in 6th Week week. Anyone who claims otherwise is foolhardy, dangerous, wrong, and needs re-education. | ||||
| 20 Nov | Sunday | 7th Week | Jesus | Discussion | Philosophy and Science Fiction. Science Fiction is full of philosophical ideas –think The Matrix, Blade Runner, and more. Join our philosopher guest for a discussion of SF and philosophy. (TBC) |
| 27 Nov | Sunday | 8th Week | Jesus | Game | Werewolf is a party game about finding a murderous traitor among our number. We have our own version of the rules, carefully honed over many years. |
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