Membership

Owning a towel is not obligatory, even though they are the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.

We organise meetings for members around the UK (and occasionally in other countries), produce a magazine four times a year, and offer a range of Guide related merchandise available to members by post.

Our membership is varied and diverse, encompassing the widest range of humanity (and, quite likely, inhumanity) imaginable. Our youngest ever member was not even born, and our oldest has pushed 70.

Membership rates   UK £8.00   Europe   £9.00     Rest of the Universe surface mail   £10.00         air mail   £13.00     Per additional person for family membership (all categories)   £2.00

Join

You can join ZZ9 online via the online membership form.

Membership fees must be paid in UK Pounds Sterling. Acceptable methods of payment are credit card or debit card, cheque drawn on a UK bank or standing order.  For any queries about methods of payment please contact the treasurer.

Renew

Existing members can renew their membership via the online renewal form.

Benefits of membership

Besides the prestige of being a member of the best and greatest appreciation society the Galaxy has ever known, membership of ZZ9 will entitle you partake in the democratic election of the committee, and to the all the following:

Mostly Harmless
The society's (approximately) quarterly newsletter is cram packed with news, reviews, articles, rants and other amazing things. Published as regularly as clockwork - albeit clockwork that has trouble deciding which order it should go through the seconds - this is an unmissable tool for all afficianadoes of Douglas Adams's work. You can even download a sample issue.

Merchandise
We stock and distribute a wide range of Hitchhiker's related merchandise - from T-shirts to Beeblebears, from towels to biros - that is available by mail order to members only.

Social gatherings
ZZ9 is a social experience. Originally formed as an excuse to get together and re-appreciate the works of one Douglas Adams, it continues the grand tradition of bringing people together. With monthly social gatherings, weekend slouches, occasional parties and annual picnics (Beeblebear and Towel), as well as mass attendance of Science Fiction conventions, ZZ9 is a way of life. It is life.