Welcome to Sydney Futurian site 

Sydney Futurians is a group of individuals who enjoy discussion in Sci-Fi/fantasy literature, movies and TV within genre also Sci-fi-like-science.  Sydney Futurians have a monthly meeting but also promote other groups in Sydney.   Meeting most months of the year on the third Friday of the month, except where that Friday clashes with a public holiday or is ahead of a long weekend. More ....

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The original Sydney Futurian Society started meeting in 1939, three years after the convention or meeting of SF fans in England. We revere and respect them for starting Australian Science Fiction fandom at a time when being a Science Fiction fan was a brave and lonely thing. Currently we have indirect links with the members of that first group.

"For good Science Fiction to be appreciated, imagination must be Free1" Garry Dalrymple .

Sydney Futurians are now a Facebook group

Sydney Futurians - Meetings&Events 2009

The format 2008 Sydney Futurian meetings is participation.  All present are invited to share their news, recent news of SF, Sci-Fi, Science and SF&F fandom people and events, and then we discuss the advertised SF&F topic. All are invited to share their experience of any Books / TV or Movies that they may have read / seen that they feel is relevent to the topic.
Sydney Futurian Meetings are held on the third Friday of the month (excluding March and November) at UTS Tower building, Broadway Sydney - meeting around 6.55pm in the foyer of the Tower building. Futurians may be found wandering around near Basement Books  prior to the meeting.  Meetings usually finish around 8.30pm.
  • January 15: Topic: Best & Worst SF&F of 2009 
  • February 19: Topic: Your Favourite Book/Series or SF book/story made into a series 
  • March 19: Topic: SF by female writers that differ from mainstream SF (in honour of International Women's Day 8 March)
  • April 16: Topic:  Mythological and Religion inspired Creatures in SF Stories (Easter
  • May 21: Topic: Second Life and other adventures in virtual worlds
  • June 18: Topic: Stories of Doom. Gloom, Despair, Hopelessness and other really bad things is SF&F 
  • July 18: Topic: tba
  • August 20: Topic: tba
  • September 17: Topic: tba 
  • October 15: Topic: tba
  • FREECON2010  - More details soon 
  • November 19: Topic: tba
  • December 17: Topic: tba
  • January 15 2011:  ???

    Other topic suggestions:
    - 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
    - Surveillance & Privacy Invasion in SF Stories
    - Consciousness altering Food, Drink & Drugs in SF Stories
    - SF stories with  Ecology as an essential feature
    - Crossover stories - horror, crime & comedy in the SF story
    - The fourth wall - where the story/show gives a nod to its audience
    Do you have a topic suggestion? Please email it to Garry