About The San Diego Sci-Fi/Fantasy Meetup Group

This is the place to find out what's going on in San Diego science fiction and fantasy fandom.

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See our Message Board for upcoming events and book recommendations.

Events that happen every week aren't announced on the Message Board, but they are on our Calendar along with every other event we can find out about.

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Directory of San Diego shops that carry science fiction & fantasy books, comic books and role-playing games.

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Directory of SF&F authors' websites/blogs.

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Local Conventions

ConDor, February 26-28, 2010, Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh
--ConDor Yahoo!Group

Anime Conji, April 9-11, 2010

San Diego Comic-Con, July 22-25, 2010
--San Diego Comic-Con Yahoo!Group

The Non-Profits Behind the Local Conventions

SanSFiS, the San Diego Speculative Fiction Society
--puts on Conjecture
--puts on Anime Conji
--publishes the San Diego Fandom Index

CAASM, the California Association for the Advancement of Speculative Media
--puts on ConDor

SDSFC, San Diego Science Fiction Conventions
--ran Conzilla in July 2006

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Local Groups

General Fandom
Darkstar, based at UCSD but open to everyone
SD SF Fans
San Diego Fandom LJ Community
SDQSF, San Diego Queer Science Fiction
Geeky Grrlz San Diego

Book Groups
Mysterious Galaxy Book Discussion Group
Barnes & Noble Escondido Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group (2nd Wednesdays)
Barnes & Noble Oceanside Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group (1st Mondays)

BookCrossing Groups(not fannish or a discussion group, but hey, free books!)
San Diego BookCrossing YahooGroup
San Diego BookCrossing Meetup

Writing Groups
San Diego SF/F Writers YahooGroup

Star Trek
Com Station Z
--Com Station Z YahooGroup
IKV Stranglehold (a ship in the Klingon Assault Group)

Star Wars
San Diego Star Wars Society
--San Diego Star Wars Society YahooGroup
San Diego Fan Force
501st Legion, San Diego Squad
Sunrider Base of the Rebel Legion

Firefly/Serenity
San Diego Browncoats YahooGroup
SoCal Browncoats YahooGroup

Comics, Manga, Anime
Comic Gallery Online YahooGroup
SD-Anime YahooGroup
San Diego Animanga Club
Cal Animage Beta at UCSD
--Cal Animage Beta YahooGroup
Tri-City Anime Club YahooGroup (Carlsbad/Oceanside/Vista)

Gaming
San Diego's Roleplaying Resource
SD Gamers YahooGroup
San Diego RPG Events YahooGroup
San Diego Gaymers YahooGroup
San Diego North County D&D Meetup

Costuming
San Diego Costumers' Guild
SD CostumeNet YahooGroup
San Diego Cosplay
Just a Bit of Trim, the local SCA Costumers' Guild

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Local Science
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
San Diego Aerospace Museum
San Diego Astronomy Association
Mars Society, San Diego Chapter
San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry
San Diego Futurists
DART: San Diego's Model Rocket and High Powered Rocketry Club
Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair
San Diego Supercomputer Center
Birch Aquarium

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Southern CA Cons
LosCon, November 27-29, 2009, Guests of Honor Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
Gallifrey, February 26-28, 2010
--Gallifrey Yahoo!Group

Southern CA Groups
OCSFC, the Orange County Science Fiction Club
--OCSFC Yahoo!Group
LASFS, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
SCIFI, the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests
SOCAL RPG Yahoo!Group

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Northern CA Cons
BayCon, May 28-31, 2010, Guest of Honor Peter S. Beagle
SiliCon October 2010

Northern CA Groups
BASFA, the Bay Area Science Fiction Association
SPFII, the Society for the Promotion of Fannish Interests, Inc.
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area Science Fiction Fans LiveJournal Community

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Media Resources
The Internet Movie Database
ComingSoon.net Movie Release Dates

Free SF
Ideomancer
Infinite Matrix
Infinity Plus
Free Speculative Fiction Online
Futurismic Fiction
Strange Horizons
Baen Books Free Library
BooksforaBuck.com Free and Public Domain SF

What to Read?
Gnooks Book Recommendation Engine
The Locus Index to SF&F Awards
Book Reviews at Scifi.com
Book Reviews at SFSite
2004 Nebula Award Ballot
The SF Book Club's "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years (1953-2002)"
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
China Miéville's "Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read"

SF Resources
Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Database
SF Link List from Conjure.com
SFSite
Emerald City
The Science Fiction Book Club Blog
The Science Fiction Resource Guide
Science Fiction & Fantasy at Bella Online
Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia
Hazel's Picture Gallery w/photos taken at SF&F cons
Jay Lake's Handy Guide to Genre Distinctions

Writing
SFWA, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
Speculative Fiction Markets
How Much Does a Science Fiction or Fantasy Writer Make?
Critters Online Writers' Workshop

Geekery
Article: Dating and the Modern Geek
Article: Five Geek Social Fallacies
Article: Five Fan Social Fallacies
Article: Why Nerds are Unpopular
Article: Fannish Accent