has gloss | eng: HopSFA, or The Johns Hopkins Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, is a weekly science fiction and fantasy fan/discussion club run by undergraduate and graduate students of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The club was organized late in 1975 and has operated continuously until the current date under the name HopSFA. A parallel organization formed in early 1976 was The Amber Society, based on characters from the Chronicles of Amber Series by famous fantasy author, Roger Zelazny, who was acquainted with the original members of the Society and used their personalities as models for the characters in his series. |