For any interested Perth folk, a SF/F discussion group re-emerges:

After a long hiatus, the UWA science fiction/fantasy discussion group is restarting in 2008. Meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of each month in Arts G.05, and undergraduate students, postgraduate students, staff and anyone else interested are welcome to attend.

We have two speakers presenting papers in the next two weeks, but are looking for volunteers to fill the rest of the year. Please contact Karen Hall if you would like to give a paper.

26 February (Next Tuesday)
Gotham Central
Presented by David Medlen
A short lived award winning comic set in the world of superheroes but not about superheroes. What does this short lived title tell us about the genre in the 21st Century? A summary of the comic is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Central, and source material will be available in the Scholars Centre at UWA’s Reid Library.

4 March
“Against heritage: Invented identities in science fiction film”
Presented by Dr Sky Marsen, Victoria University of Wellington
Pre-reading material for this talk is available from Karen Hall.