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see the <a href="https://www.wsfs.org/membership/">Membership/How to Join page</a>. <strong>You join WSFS by joining the current World Science Fiction Convention.</strong> See the list of Forthcoming Conventions at right for a list of all conventions sanctioned by WSFS (only Worldcons include WSFS membership) or see the <a href="http://www.worldcon.org/">Worldcon web site</a> for links to future Worldcons. 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