# MITSFS

## MIT Science Fiction Society

The MIT Science Fiction Society owns the largest open shelf collection of science fiction in the world. In addition to over 50,000 books, our shelves contain an extensive collection of science fiction magazines, a hockey puck and a plastic banana. Our special collections of rare materials, including foreign-language SF, critical works, and original pulps from the Twenties, delight the more serious-minded among us. Thanks to our book reviewers and our pet time warp, new books appear at the MITSFS long before they reach the real world; come see new SF alongside science fiction history. Anyone is free to come in and browse our shelves, and members may check books out of the library.

The MITSFS does more than just collect science fiction. We publish a fanzine, Twilight Zine, which eagerly welcomes new contributions. Every spring, we invite all members to trek into the wilds for the MITSFS picnic, at which we throw things (like coconuts and our 25-pound gavel), gobble roast beef and watermelon, and claim a nearby ski slope in the Society's name.

Perhaps the best part of MITSFS is our weekly meetings. We meet every Friday at 5:30 and discuss various strange things that interest those present. Everyone is welcome to come and join in this bizarre experience, though it is not recommended for the terminally boring.

The MITSFS is located on the 4th floor of the student center, in w20-473; signs on the 4th floor should point out our location. Our phone number is 617-258-5126. Please stop by during rush week; we'll be happy to show you around the library. Join us for our famous showings of ``Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,'' and our almost all-new filk (SF folksinging) and cookies party.