Past society events

This happens every year on the 25th of May as a tribute to the late Douglas Adams. As a reference to the awesome Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, fans carry with them a towel in his honour. Do you know where your towel is?

A young boy after being bullied by some other kids, steals a book and then breaks into an attic so he can skip school and read his ill gotten gains. The book tells the story of a young boy tasked with saving the world from a terrible Nothing by finding a cure for a dying princess.

Star Wars day is every year on the 4th of May. It is derived from a pun on the Jedi phrase "May the force be with you", namely "May the Fourth be with you".

Free Comic Book day is a yearly event where various comic stores around the world, give away copies from a specific list of comics, for free in a bid to promote comics to a wider audience. There are a number of stores taking part in this within the London area, although this trip will only focus on the ones located in the centre of town.

Royal Holloway is closed over the Easter period.

This day is celebrated as the Fall of Sauron. As of 2003 that day is known as Tolkien Reading Day, an event to encourage the use of Tolkien's works in education and library reading groups.

This is a very important event of the year for the society. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is where we elect the new committee for the coming year. It's vitally important everyone turns up as it has to be quorate to go ahead and if it doesn't happen, the society could be shut down. Full details of the rules that govern this process can be found in the constitution.

Based on the first two of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, this is a comedic fantasy about an inept wizard called Rincewind and the Disc's first tourist, Twoflower, who Rincewind is involuntarily forced to act as a guide for. Rincewind's unerring ability to attract danger and Twoflower's naivety land the pair in all manner of near death situations which they narrowly escape each time. The world is also about to end and Rincewind is unaware that he has one of the 8 spells that is needed trapped in his head.

In memory of the recent death of the beloved actor, Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the original Star Trek series, we're having a special members choice devoted solely to Star Trek. So bring along any Star Trek related media along and we'll choose on the night what we're watching.

This week we're hosting another quiz much the same as the one last term. This is open to everyone so bring along your friends and combine your knowledge of science fiction and fantasy together.

Blending live action with animation, this film is set in a world where cartoon characters live in a parallel world called Toontown that humans and cartoons can travel easily between. Roger is a famous cartoon comedian who is framed for the murder of the man who owns Toontown. Whilst on the run he tries to enlist the help of Eddie Valiant, a private eye who has a deep seated hatred of 'toons ever since one killed his brother, but is possibly the only man who can prove his innocence.

The latest instalment of the X-Men saga is set in the future where mankind is waging war on the mutants. But this is a war neither side can win and so in a last ditch attempt to save everyone, the X-Men send Wolverine's consciousness back in time to his past self in the hope that he can somehow find a way to prevent the war from happening and thus save human and mutant-kind alike.

Picocon is a convention run by our counterpart society at Imperial College. It's a fun event filled with guest speakers, silly games and a quiz. This year the guests of honour are Cory Doctorow, Frances Hardinge, Ian McDonald, Kari Sperring and Stuart Ashen.

Picocon is a convention run by our counterpart society at Imperial College. It's a fun event filled with guest speakers, silly games and a quiz. This year the guests of honour are Cory Doctorow, Frances Hardinge, Ian McDonald, Kari Sperring and Stuart Ashen.

This week we're having another members' choice where you get to decide what we're watching. Just bring along your favourite film or TV show and we'll have a vote on the day. Please don't bring your entire movie collection with you as we don't want to spend the entire session voting.

Neo (Keanu Reeves) is a bored IT professional by day and by night a hacker. He feels that there is something not quite right with the world and spends his nights tracking down Morpheus, someone he believes can answer his questions. But the truth is far beyond what he could ever imagine and as he falls down the rabbit hole, he is forced to re-evaluate what is real and fantasy and above all, who he really is.

This film is about some children who find a magical board game which when they play it discover a man who has been trapped inside for several decades. The only way they can all escape the game is by completing it, but each turn introduces yet more terrible dangers threatening their lives at each stage.

This film probably needs no introductions as it's one of the most recent movies in the second phase of Marvel's cinematic Universe, but just in case you're not aware, it is about a ragtag group of criminals are forced to work together and put aside their differences in a bid to save the Universe.

We're gathering in Imagine for a small social with games and chatting. If you've got any games you'd like to play, bring them along.

Royal Holloway is closed over the Christmas period.