[EID] A 2010 program - Sydney Futurian events

[Dalrymple, Garry]

Dear All

Just a reminder that the February Friday Night Sydney Futurian SF Discussion meeting will take place on February 19, at the end of this week.

The time and location - UTS Sydney, under the light sabres / Perspex Deathstar globes.     Meet in the Broadway entrance of the University of Technology Tower Building's lobby, at or before 6.30 pm.

The topic is - Your Favourite SF Book / Series, or SF books that should be made into a series - A fairly light topic, but something that everyone can contribute to?

Each meeting features a discussion of recent Science, SF&F and Fandom news before the discussion of the evening's topic.     Meetings usually end at about 8.30 pm.

The Topic for March will be - SF by Women Writers that differs from Mainstream SF writing (meeting closest to International Woman's day?)

Friday night Sydney Futurian SF discussion meeting Dates and Topics are;

March 19 - SF by Women Writers that differs from Mainstream SF writing (Int. Woman's day meeting)

April 16 - Mythological and Religion inspired creatures in SF Stories (Easter meeting?)

(Saturday May 1 - the Katoomba SF&F Gathering of Sydney and Blue Mountains SF&F fans, Writers and Artists)

May 21 - Second Life and other virtual world adventures in SF stories

June 18 - SF stories of Doom, Gloom, Despair, Hopelessness and any other really Bad things

Other 2010 meeting dates include;
July 18, August 20, Sept. 17, October 15, November 19 and December 17

Other topics that are available for discussion during 2010 include;
- Hybrids and Chimeras in SF Stories
- SF Stories with 'Really Big Things' as an essential feature
- SF Stories with 'Really Small Things' as an essential feature
- SF Stories about Surveillance and Privacy Invasion
- Consciousness Altering Food, Drinks and Drugs in SF Stories
- SF Stories featuring Ecology as an essential feature
NB feel free to suggest additional or better topics.     We will probably pick topics again in May and September for the rest of 2010.

Other regularly repeated monthly SF&F meetings (that I know of) in and around Sydney include;

1st Thursday - Skeptics in the pub
1st Thursday - Infinitas Bookshop SF&F Discussion meeting
1st Friday - Sydney Dr Who Tavern Meeting - Newtown
2nd Friday - Sydney Dr Who Tavern Meeting - Blacktown
2nd Sunday - Friends of Science Fiction meeting - Granville (I think)?
3rd Thursday - Infinitas Bookshop SF&F Book review meeting
3rd Friday - Friday Night Sydney Futurian SF discussion meeting
Last Wednesday - Sapphos Bookshop SF&F and Speculative Fiction discussion meeting (organised by Peter Eisler)

Look up websites if you need more details - especially the Aust SF Bullsheet (that's what I do), it is very well edited, Hugo nomination material in fact!
Let me know if you know of any more Sydney-ish SF&F meetings, including University based SF&F groups.

'Pasturian?' News

If you look up the 'efanzines' website you can now read numbers 1 to 15 (1940) of the original Sydney Futurian's newsletter, as transcribed by Kim Huett from Bert Castellari's archive copies?

There may have been a FSoS est. 1939 meeting on Saturday January 30 (advice as per the Aust SF Bullsheet), further details not known.     Contact Graham Stone if you are interested.

Might the past members of the 'Sydney Science Fiction Foundation' stir from their slumbers and re-form the SSFF at or after Aussiecon 4?     Stranger things have been known to happen at Worldcons.


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