Genesis is the science fiction and genre club originally based in Basingstoke, United
Kingdom. We share a love for all things genre-related from science fiction to fantasy
to horror to science to space exploration. Basically, just your typical sci-fi club.
In the past, we would meet once a month to talk about genre-related items, watch media,
engage in a quiz, etc. But over the course of the pandemic, the Genesis club accumulated
a number of members who cannot attend in-person (usually because they're too far away,
some by multiple thousands of miles). As a result, the regular Genesis meetings are
currently being held online using the Zoom platform. The same goes for the book club
meetings. Connection information will be posted here, and on social media (hopefully)
no later than an hour before the meeting starts.
As for in-person meetings, we try to get together once per month at a venue for
table-top gaming. At the moment, that venue is the
Dice Tower gaming cafe
located in Basingstoke. The scheduled meetups are posted here, as well.
Many of us also like to attend related conventions such as Worldcons, Eastercons,
ArmadaCons, etc. You'll find a small list of items below where Genesis members are
known to be attending.
The next scheduled meetings are as follows:
- General Club Meeting: Sunday, 31st March 2024 17:00 BST (09:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT)
- Cancelled: Whether you celebrate it or not, many people would rather do the whole Easter thing.
- In-Person Gaming Night: Tuesday, 16th April 2024 19:00 GMT
- Cancelled: Since three of the main regulars will be on a Caribbean cruise at the time of the meeting, this has been cancelled.
- Book Club Meeting: Saturday, 20th April 2024 14:00 BST (06:00 PDT / 09:00 EDT)
- Cancelled: The Zoom host will be in Washington, D.C. and unable to host the meeting this day.
The following conventions are coming up. Various Genesis members will be attending them.
For more information, visit their respective websites.
Levitation, the 74th Eastercon | Telford, UK | 29th March 2024 | - | 1st April 2024 | 29-Mar-24 - 1-Apr-24 |
Basingstoke Comic Con | Basingstoke, UK | 10th May 2024 | - | 12th May 2024 | 10-May-24 - 12-May-24 |
Glasgow Worldcon (the 82nd Worldcon) | Glasgow, UK | 8th August 2024 | - | 12th August 2024 | 8-Aug-24 - 12-Aug-24 |
World Fantasy Convention 2024 | Niagara Falls, NY, USA | 17th October 2024 | - | 20th October 2024 | 17-Oct-24 - 20-Oct-24 |
ArmadaCon | Plymouth, UK | 1st November 2024 | - | 3rd November 2024 | 1-Nov-24 - 3-Nov-24 |
Reconnect - Eastercon 2025 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 18th April 2025 | - | 21st April 2025 | 18-Apr-25 - 21-Apr-25 |
Seattle Worldcon (the 83rd Worldcon) | Seattle, WA, USA | 13th August 2025 | - | 17th August 2025 | 13-Aug-25 - 17-Aug-25 |