Science Fiction Society Annual Report 1980-1981

Committee:
President: Jonathan Flint
Treasurer: Mark Jeffcock
Secretary: Elise Pechersky
Publicity: Ken Mann
Librarian: Andrew Bradbrook
Projectors: Denise Howe
1^st  Year Rep: Graham Woodhouse
2^nd Year Rep: John Chamberlain
3^rd Year Rep: Michael Price

The Year started well with a three-fold increase in membership compared to last year. By mid year this stood at 82.

The principle bulk activities of the society was [sic] showing films. During the course of the year these were

7/10/80 Rollerball
18/11/80 Quintet
12/1/81 Fahrenheit 451
3/2/81 Santa claws conquers the Martians, Hardware Wars
10/3/81 Rocky Horror Picture Show
5/5/81 Flesh Gordon

Despite problems with projectors, maximum audiences ranged up to 300. These films paid for themselves and some provided a profit.

The S.F. Soc. library of paper-backs was available to all members at comitee meetings each Friday. This library now has approximately 250 books, and increase of 60 over last year. This increase has necessitated a search for a permanent home for the books.

The society regularly sends a large contingent to the monthly British Science Fiction Society meeting in Hammersmith, and as a result have become widely known in the national S. F. community. This has produced a large number of comments, in the recognised S. F. press, about I. C. The society continued it’s rise to national stardom by visits to science fiction conventions in Keel, Birmingham and Leeds. We made such and impression, in our resplendent blue and gold S.F. uniforms that we’ve been asked to provide an alternative program for an autumn (?) convention.

The society has two publications, Perihelion a literary review-based magazine and N. M. E. a more light-hearted offering, rag-mag style. Sales of these nearly break even over production costs.

The author John Sladek came to speak to us last term on cybernetics

Trips out to various west end S. F. Films have been organised and fairly well attended, and a picnic on Primrose Hill is planned.

The S.F. Soc bulletins in Felix have become the literary base-line for student satire. Dr H. J. Pain (Physics Admissions Tutor) said “The only thing worth reading in Felix” about these humble paragraphs.

The society’s other activities are very many and varied, ranging from the fairly sensible to the ideas Elise has.

Also during the year the following individuals and groups have been thoroughly annoyed by our activities:

Swim-soc

Dean Forster Physics II

Astro-soc

Micro-processor Club

Steve Marshal

F. D. A. (Film distributors)

Annie in the Union Office

and Everyone with a film Projector

we also tried to annoy Dave Afolabi [?] but failed completely

Jonathan Flint