Established in 1969 and based in Johannesburg, Science Fiction & Fantasy South Africa (SFFSA) is a club for fans of both science fiction and fantasy. Membership benefits include:
Monthly
meetings 
Annual mini-conventions An extensive library Quarterly Probe fanzine NOVA Short story 
competition Much much more! International and country members are more than welcome
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The club has its own library of over 2000 Book titles, a large collection of Star Trek Videos (VHS)
and a range of other media. It has been said that people join SFSA because of the library and stay because of the great people and vibe. Come put this to the test!
REQUEST A BOOK! - email librarian@sffsa.org.za PS: Please check your shelves for overdue library books ? there are other members who may be waiting to borrow them. LOCATIONThe library is currently hosted at Gavin Kreuiter's place at 41 Pyramid Rd, Edenglen (thanks, Gavin).
LENDING RULESThe library is freely available to members. Members may borrow five books at a time. Our librarian can be approached if you wish to borrow books at times other than meetings. MAILING SERVICEA mailing service is available to country members who cannot attend meetings. Contact the librarian for more details. REVIEW COPIES & DONATIONSPublishing houses are welcome to send us copies of new titles for us to review in our fanzine Probe. We gleefully accept all quality donations (books based on computer games and the like will be tossed aside with great vigour), despite our lack of shelf space ? Simone always needs new reading material. PERSONAL COLLECTIONSVarious members of SFSA have extensive personal collections, which they may lend out with discretion to trustworthy persons. |
In keeping with the wishes of the late Liz Simmonds, her lifetime collection of Science Fiction books (about 1100 volumes) is being made available to SFFSA members for borrowing, and will be designated as the Liz Simmonds Memorial Library.
This is about half the size of the large SFFSA Library, but it only partly overlaps, and there are many historic volumes as well as newer ones .In order to keep the collection together, it will continue to be shelved in our house at 33 East Street, East Town, Jo’burg (near Northcliff Corner).
So you will need to drop in, as some members already do, in order to browse and borrow books. A simple honour-based issuing system has been put in place: we have stamped every book with the name of the library, and will substitute each borrowed volume by a placeholder card bearing the borrower’s details.
Maximum per borrower, 5 books at a time.
Trevor Derry - Home phone (011)782-8557