Welcome to the home page of the WPI Science Fiction Society. We are an organization devoted entirely to the enjoyment of science fiction, anime, gaming, and the geekier things in life. We meet every week on Wednesdays at 7:12 PM in Olin Hall 107 .

Upcoming Events:
(December 12 Minutes)

Friday Gaming - Friday Gaming has moved to the Campus Center Octowedge. Every Friday after dinner, show up for games and socializing!

12/14 - 1/14 WINTER BREAK! - Have an awesome break, everyone!

1/16 Officer Elections - Elect officers for SFS 2008! Choose the six people you want running and representing the Science Fiction Society in the coming year.

Website Notes:

Officer Nominations - The SFS members running for 2008 office are:
President: Robyn Colopy, Rick Desilets, Josh Luther
Vice President: Michael Hyde, Sam LaFleche, Josh Luther, Rick Desilets
Treasurer: Krissy Davenport, Doug Gardiner, Josh Luther
Secretary: Michael Hyde, Frank Bivona, Josh Luther, Rhiannon Chiacchiaro, Krissy Davenport, Doug Gardiner

If you want to nominate someone, email the officer list with the name of the person you want to nominate, and what you want to nominate them for, and CC the person.

Recent Events:

LibraryThing - Check out the new SFS LibraryThing account! A full catalog of all the books in our Library. Special thanks go out to the alumnus donation that made this possible.

Minutes Archive - We now have a Minutes Archive on the website! It's in the process of being uploaded to, and by the end of break all of 2005-2007's minutes should be up.

Officer Shuffle pt.II - Richard Pavis has resigned from the office of Treasurer. Since it happened in the middle of B Term, and since Jonny has experience as Treasurer, we will not be holding an emergency election.

Officer Shuffle - The officership has shifted a bit. Monica Kolb has stepped down from the office of Vice President, and a new officer had to be elected. The results are...

Jonathan Adler, President ("Campus-Wide Event")
Robyn Colopy , Vice President ("Shnookums")
Richard Pavis, Treasurer ("L1BR4R34N PL33Z")
Richard Desilets, Secretary ("I Can't Believe It's Not Monica!")
Jansen Smith , Librarian ("Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It")
Doug Gardiner , Librarian ("Du-Gi-Oh!")

xkcd Live! - On August 23rd, 7:30pm, in Olin 107, Randall Munroe, author of the webcomic xkcd, will be speaking at WPI. This is exciting because his webcomic is very funny and popular and word on the internet is that he is even funnier in person. If you have never heard of xkcd before we recommend going to www.xkcd.com and browsing the archives!

Gaming Weekend - Gaming Weekend will run from 6 PM on Friday, September 7, to 6 PM on Sunday, September 9, in the top floor of the Campus Center. Show up! Play all manner of non-video games!

Past Events