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Welcome to the website for PSFS, the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society!
We are a membership-based organization of science fiction and fantasy fans based in Philadelphia, PA. PSFS had its first meeting in 1936, making us one of the oldest science fiction groups in the world. We are open to anyone interested in science fiction, fantasy, or horror, in all media from the written word to movies, TV, comics, games and gaming, and visual art.
We’d love to hear from you! To ask a question and tell us more about your interests, email info@psfs.org.
Our next meeting will be Friday, May 9 at 8 pm on Zoom, and features SFF author Brenda W. Clough as our guest speaker. Email info@psfs.org for Zoom link.
Brenda W. Clough is the first female Asian-American SF writer, first appearing in print in 1984. She has written over two dozen novels including five series: Edge to Center, Averidan, Cockeyed Optimists, Suburban Gods, and the twelve-book neo-Victorian The Thrilling Adventures of the Most Dangerous Woman in Europe. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Analog, Amazing, and numerous other magazines and anthologies.
Her latest work is a science fiction novel, His Selachian Majesty Requests. Her historical novel A Door In His Head won the 2023 Diverse Voices Award. Her novella May Be Some Time was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and became the novel Revise the World. Her complete bibliography is up on her web page, brendaclough.net.
Here’s the rest of our 2025 meeting schedule:
- Friday June 13 in person, 8 pm ET, author Alan Smale at St. Mary’s at Penn
- Friday July 18 virtual at 7:30 PM ET, our annual HUGO REVIEW PANEL
- August – no meeting
- Friday Sept 12 in person, guest TBA
- Friday Oct 10 virtual, guest TBA
- Friday Nov 21 at PHILCON
- Friday Dec 12 in person, guest TBA
All meetings start at 8 pm except for the July meeting. Location of September and December meetings TBA.
