|
Associations
Avana
| The
Hungarian SF
association.
No English on
site.
British
Fantasy
Society (BFS)
| Exists to
promote and
enjoy the
genres of
fantasy,
science
fiction and
horror in all
its forms.
Also at http://www.britishfantasysociety.com/
British
SF Association
(BSFA)
| Main Site
British
SF Association
(BSFA)
| History and
magazine index
on-line.
Center
for the Study
of Science
Fiction
(University of
Kansas )
| Degrees in
SF?
Central
Arizona
Speculative
Fiction
Society
| The sponsor
of
ConNotations,
SmerfCons,
HexaCons,
CopperCons,
and other SF
conventions.
ComicCon
| Con
organiser.
Horizon,
the Blake's 7
Appreciation
Society
| Horizon is
the official
fan club for
the cult BBC
TV SF show
Blake's 7
(1978/81). The
main site is
static &
currently
being
overhauled,
but all the
latest news on
the show, cast
& B7
merchandise is
available via
a free yahoo
newsgroup by
e-mailing
Susie at
carnell7@aol.com
with 'join b7
newsflash
list' in the
subject
heading.
Horror
Writers
Association (HWA)
| The HWA was
formed to
bring together
writers and
others
professionally
interested in
horror and
dark fantasy,
and to foster
a greater
appreciation
of dark
fiction among
the general
public.
Israeli
Society for
Science
fiction and
Fantasy
| Club for SF
fans in Israel
(also aims to
encourage the
expansion of
SF&F
translations
into Hebrew).
Klingon
Assault Group
(KAG)
|
International
Trek club.
Libertarian
Futurist
Society
| Also publish
Prometheus, a
magazine
devoted to
libertarian
science
fiction and
speculative
fiction.
Mars
Society (Mars
West)
| Mars colony
advocacy
group.
MonSFFA
| MonSFFA is
the Montreal
Science
Fiction and
Fantasy
Association, a
club for fans
of the science
fiction and
fantasy
genres.
New
Zealand SF
Association
| sf.org.nz is
a
free-but-donations-accepted
communal
gathering area
for
information
about
activities in
New Zealand
relating to
science
fiction and
fantasy.
Science
Fiction
Research
Association
| The SFRA is
the oldest
professional
organization
for the study
of science
fiction and
fantasy
literature and
film. Founded
in 1970, the
SFRA was
organized to
improve
classroom
teaching; to
encourage and
assist
scholarship;
and to
evaluate and
publicize new
books and
magazines
dealing with
fantastic
literature and
film, teaching
methods and
materials, and
allied media
performances.
Among the
membership are
people from
many countries
-- students,
teachers,
professors,
librarians,
futurologists,
readers,
authors,
booksellers,
editors,
publishers,
archivists,
and scholars
in many
disciplines.
Academic
affiliation is
not a
requirement
for
membership.
SF
Canada |
SF Canada,
formerly known
as the
Speculative
Writers'
Association of
Canada, is the
national
association
for
professional
practitioners
· primarily
authors · of
the SF genre
in Canada.
Simetria
| The national
Portugese SFF
Association
site, or to go
all foreign on
you, the
Associação
Portuguesa de
Ficção
Científica e
Fantástico.
Portugal--No
English
content at all
Society
for Creative
Anachronism
| The Society
for Creative
Anachronism (SCA)
is an
international
organization
dedicated to
researching
and recreating
pre-17th-century
European
history.
Society
for the
Furtherance
& Study of
Fantasy &
SF
| SF3 hosts
WisCon, the
world's
foremost
Feminist
Science
Fiction
convention.
Stardrive
| Faster than
light (FTL)
travel
advocacy
group.
The
Fandom
Association of
Central Texas,
Inc. (FACT)
| Non-profit
educational
organization
dedicated to
the promotion
of science
fiction,
fantasy, and
speculative
fiction.
The
International
Association
for the
Fantastic in
the Arts
| The IAFA is
a scholarly
organization
devoted to the
study of the
fantastic
(broadly
defined) as it
appears in
literature,
film, and the
other arts.
More the
written arts,
than visual.
The
South Florida
Science
Fiction
Society
| The South
Florida
Science
Fiction
Society (SFSFS)
is a nonprofit
literary
society.
The
Tolkien
Society |
The Tolkien
Society is an
international
organization,
registered in
the UK as a
charity. Their
aim is the
furtherance of
interest in
the life and
works of
Tolkien.
The
Welsh Science
Fiction
Association (WSFA)
| Founded with
the aim of
promoting
Science
Fiction fandom
in Wales, by
bringing
together SF
groups,
fanzine
publishers,
convention
organisers and
individuals.
World
Fantasy
Convention
| Home page
for the World
Fantasy
convention.
World
Science
Fiction
Society (WSFS)
| The
organization
behind the
world science
fiction
convention -
hosted in a
different
country every
year (as long
as that
country is the
USA, USA, or
USA).
World
SF Convention
Organisation
| The
organization
that chooses
the recipients
of the annual
Hugo Awards,
as well as the
locations and
committees for
the annual
World Science
Fiction
Conventions
(the Worldcons).
ZZ9
Plural Z Alpha
(ZZ9)
| Official
Hitchhiker's
Guide to the
Galaxy
Appreciation
Society. A
group of
people who
share an
interest in
the works of
Douglas Adams.
Clubs
A
SF Club Called
Harry
| Harry, the
SF Club for
the metro
Canton area,
Ohio, USA.
Crazy name for
a club, crazy
people (we
presume).
Baltimore
Science
Fiction
Society |
A group of
fans that
enjoy science
fiction and
fantasy and do
everything
they can to
encourage
writers and
artists to
produce it. To
this end, they
host an annual
SF convention
in the
Maryland area
- Balticon.
Columbia
University
Science
Fiction
Society (CUSFS)
|
Stalwart band
of devoted
science
fiction
enthusiasts
who actively
maintain a
large
multimedia
sci-fi library
in New York.
Denver
Area Science
Fiction
Association
| DASFA,
founded in
1968, is a
group of
science
fiction and
fantasy fans
in Denver that
has conducted
meetings and
fannish events
continuously
over the past
30 years.
Denver
Science
Fiction &
Fantasy Book
Club
| Science
fiction and
fantasy book
reading group.
They meet at
the Barnes
& Noble
Bookstore near
Park Meadows
Mall in
southeast
suburban
Denver (U.S).
Site is well
done.
Dublin
University
Science
Fiction
Society |
Apparently
this club has
a very nice
room. Good
reason to
join, I
suppose.
Fantek
|
Washington
DC-based club.
Friends
of Science
Fiction
| Friends of
Science
Fiction (FSF)
was
established in
January 1996,
and is
Australia's
largest
general
science
fiction fan
club.
Garden
State Science
Fiction
Conspiracy (GSSFC)
|
A social group
of New Jersey
science
fiction fans.
Genesis
Sci-F Club
| Hampshire
and
Berkshire-based
club which
covers SF and
cult TV.
Hull
SF Group |
The Hull SF
Group was set
up in 1988 to
bring together
people
interested in
speculative
fiction/science
fiction.
Kansas
City Science
Fiction and
Fantasy
Society
| Created in
1971 to foster
interest in
science
fiction and
fantasy.
KaCSFFS has
monthly
meetings,
sponsors the
ConQuesT
science
fiction
convention,
will host the
2003 World
Horror
Convention,
co-founded the
Science
Fiction and
Fantasy Hall
of Fame and
offers
activities
such as
bowling,
charity work,
group dinners
and movie
previews.
Lexx
Fan Club |
The Official
Lexx Fan Club
is run by, and
dedicated to,
the fans of
Lexx. This fan
club is
approved by
The Supreme
Beans.
Little
Rock Science
Fiction
Society
| The LRSFS
has been the
focal point of
science
fiction fandom
for all of
central
Arkansas,
Since 1975.
Los
Angeles SF
Society |
This world's
oldest club
for
enthusiasts of
fantastic
literature,
meets every
Thursday night
(come Hell,
high water, or
holidays) in
Freehafer
Hall, one of
the buildings
on the group's
own property.
Melbourne
SF Club |
MSFC is
Australia's
oldest science
fiction club,
and the only
open club in
Melbourne to
welcome
members with a
broad range of
SF interests.
Mindbridge
Foundation
| SF club
located in the
Iowa City
area.
MIT
Science
Fiction
Society (MITSFS)
|
The world's
largest
open-shelf
collection of
science
fiction is the
MIT Science
Fiction
Society
Library.
NESFA
(New England
SF
Association)
| NESFA (New
England
Science
Fiction
Association)
is one of the
oldest science
fiction clubs
in New
England. They
are located in
the Boston
metropolitan
area.
OASFIS
| The Orlando
Area Science
Fiction
Society is a
fan-run,
not-for-profit
corporation
whose goal is
the promotion
of Science
Fiction in all
its forms
Philadelphia
Science
Fiction
Society
| One of the
oldest General
SF Clubs in
the world, and
puts on
Philcon
annually.
Polaris
| The
St.Albans
Science
Fiction
Society. They
meet up
monthly to
chat and have
a drink or two
- just like
Cheers.
Rochester
Fantasy Fans
| Rochester
USA-based
social group
for people who
have interest
in SFF.
SciFi
Montreal
| Linking
science
fiction fans
from Montreal,
the world and
beyond.
Swarthmore
Warders of
Imaginative
Literature (SWIL)
|
The SF club at
Swarthmore
College.
Swarthmore
Warders of
Imaginative
Literature (SWIL)
| Swarthmore
college SF/F
society.
TASC
| Club site
for the
Telefantasy
Appreciation
Society of
Canada.
The
Chimera
Archive
| Archives two
decades of sf
fandom at UNC-Chapel
Hill with
interviews,
newspaper
articles,
photographs,
artwork and
more.
The
Cincinnati
Fantasy Group
(CFG) |
The Cincinnati
Fantasy Group
(CFG) and its
less-organized
precursors
have been home
to greater
Cincinnati
science
fiction fandom
since 1935.
They sponsor
two
conventions
each year:
Midwestcon,
held the last
full weekend
in June, and
Octocon, held
the 2nd last
(or last) full
weekend in
October.
The
Gunderson
Corporation
Science
Fiction Comedy
Theatre
| An amateur
Science
Fiction comedy
group that
performs
original skits
in the manner
of a 1940s
radio play,
including a
feverishly
working Sound
Effects Master
live on stage.
Site includes:
sample
scripts,
itinerary,
cast and crew,
photos, WAV.
files, and
fake ads from
their
non-existing
sponsors.
The
Lexington SF
& Fantasy
Association
| A bunch of
chums, based
in and around
central
Kentucky, who
share some
common
interests in
science
fiction,
fantasy, outer
space, RPG's,
and the
occasional
mystery.
The
Minnesota
society for
Interest in
Science
FictIon and
fanTaSy
(MISFITS)
| A forum and
foundation of
celebrating
diversity and
works to
promote the
appreciation
of, and
interest in,
Science
Fiction and
Fantasy.
The
Science
Fiction Forum
at Stony Brook
(SFF) |
SF club based
on Stony Brook
University
Campus (US).
The
United
Federation of
Phoenix
| US
Southwest's
oldest Star
Trek and SF
fan
organization
(operating
since 1975).
The
Washington
Science
Fiction
Association (WSFA)
|
The Washington
Science
Fiction
Association is
the oldest
science
fiction club
in the greater
Washington
area. Its
members are
interested in
all types of
science
fiction and
fantasy
literature as
well as
related areas
such as
fantasy and
science
fiction films,
television,
costuming,
gaming, etc.
The
Worcester
Polytechnic
Institute
Science
Fiction
Society (WPISFS)
|
SF society
that maintains
a library of
over 1500
science
fiction and
fantasy books,
games, and
magazines.
Trek
Forum
| German-only
Trek club.
Germany--No
English
content at all
U.S.S.
Rapier
| U.S.S.
Rapier - a
Federation Sim
Group (e.g.
Star Trek fan
stuff with a
game spin on
it).
UK
Student SF
Societies
Directory
| Repository
for
information
about Science
Fiction
societies
attached to
universities
and other
institutions
of higher
education in
the UK.
USS
Defiance
| Sacramento's
main Star Trek
and science
fiction fan
club.
USS
Hudson Bay
| Canadian
SF/Trek club.
Wayne
State College
SF Club
| Science
Fiction and
Fantasy Club
of Wayne State
College,
Wayne,
Nebraska, USA.
Sponsors of
WillyCon!
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