Baltimore Science Fiction Society

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A Baltimore City-based literary 501(c)(3) dedicated to promoting science fiction, fantasy, and related genres.

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A 501(c)(3) literary society based in Baltimore, all of our meetings are free and open to the public.

We hold Business Meetings, Anime Socials, Gaming Groups, Spec Fic Critique Circles, and a Book Discussion Circle. Anyone who is interested in any form of science fiction or fantasy is invited to hang out with and become a member of BSFS. Our building is at 3310 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21224.

Our regular schedule:

Business meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month starting at 7 PM

Gaming meetings on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at 12 PM

Critique circle for speculative fiction writers every 2nd and 4th Thursday 6:30 PM

Social meetings on the 4th Saturday of every month at 8 PM

A book discussion group on the 4th Saturday before the Social at 6:30 PM

Anime manga and gaming social on the 4th Saturday of each month at 2 PM

A film night on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 7PM

For the Critique circle, if you'd like your work critiqued, please bring 6 - 8 copies of it for others to read, and try to limit yourself to 8 pages or less of material. You do not have to bring material, we welcome people who just want to come and talk shop.

For the Book Discussion Circle, the schedule is as follows:

Sept - Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death

Oct - Anne McCaffery: Dragonflight

Nov - Neil Gaiman: Sandman World's End

Dec - Charles Stross: "A Colder War"

Jan 2013 - Jack Chalker: "Midnight at the Well of Souls"

Feb - Fritz Leiber: "Swords of Lankhmar"