Welcome to Genesis Sci-fi Club

The Basingstoke science fiction club

This web site is in the process of being revamped completely. Yes, we know it looks dated. This will be remedied soon-ish (very heavy on the -ish; the webmaster is realllly lazy). Until then, you can consider what you see here as a sort of archive. Go ahead and click the links on the side bar, but keep in mind that much of the non-fictional information is woefully out of date. As the site gets updated, a subset of that information will be copied over.

Upcoming Meetings

The next meetings are listed below. For now, they're all planned to be held online using the Zoom platform. Connection information will be posted here, and on social media (hopefully) no later than an hour before the meeting starts.

The next scheduled meetings are as follows:

The Dice Tower Basingstoke Grand Opening: Wednesday, 19^th January, 2022 at 18:00 GMT (10:00 PST / 13:00 EST)
The Dice Tower is a gaming coffee house that is opening at the old Red Lion Café. We want to show our solidarity and establish links, because this looks like a really good place for us to meet up in person when the plague has departed.

Their address is:

The Dice Tower / Red Lion Café

24 London St

Basingstoke

RG21 7NY

Note that the main entrance appears to be in the back of the Red Lion, directly across from The Lime Leaf restaurant. It is the grand opening, after all, and we're not 100% certain that'll be the main entrance. It could potentially be through the Red Lion Hotel, itself. Either way, don't forget your mask!
Book Club Meeting: Saturday, 29^th January, 2022 at 14:00 GMT (06:00 PST / 09:00 EST)
- Join meeting: Click here
- Meeting ID: 895 3363 2182
- Password: 560229
General Club Meeting: Sunday, 6^th February, 2022 at 17:00 GMT (09:00 PST / 12:00 EST)
- Join meeting: Click here
- Meeting ID: 870 1575 1298
- Password: 803443

In the meantime, we all hope everybody is doing as well as they can be, and that they're all coping with whatever forms of isolation they may be forced to endure. When things have calmed down again, and various venues have re-opened, regular in-person meetings will resume. Until then, everybody stay safe!

Upcoming Conventions

The following conventions are coming up. Various Genesis members will be attending them. For more information, visit their respective web sites.

Reclamation, the 72^nd Eastercon	London, UK	15^th April, 2022 - 18^th April, 2022
Discworld Convention	Birmingham, UK	19^th August, 2022 - 22^nd August, 2022
Chicon 8 (the 80^th Worldcon)	Chicago, IL, USA	1^st September, 2022 - 5^th September, 2022
ArmadaCon	Plymouth, UK	4^th November, 2022 - 6^th November, 2022

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