Science Fiction in the Bay Area
SF Events Calendar
A little information about Science Fiction in San Francisco's
past and present
San Francisco Bookstores:
Borderlands Books
Located at 866 Valencia (415) 824-8203 this store hosts many
booksignings and events througout the year-please check their site
for specifics about the coming months events.
Elsewhere Books
260 Judah (415) 661-2535
Bay Area bookstores
The Other Change of Hobbit
2020 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704-1117
Dark Carnival
3086 Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
Conventions:
Anime Overdose
August 4-6 2006, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco.
BayCon
Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-29 2006, San Jose Doubletree Hotel
ConSonance
March 3-5 2006, Crowne Plaza Silicon Valley, Milpitas (Filk)
ConQuest
Labor Day Weekend 2005, Northern California (Gaming)
DunDraCon
February 17-20 2006, San Ramon Marriott
(Gaming)
Fanime Con
May 26-29 2006, San Jose Convention Center.
Further Confusion January 19-23 2006,
Furry-themed Con. San Jose Doubletree
KublaCon, May 26-29 2006, Burlingame Hyatt Regency (Gaming)
Potlach
is in Seattle in 2006.
Silicon October 6-8 2006, San Jose Doubletree
Spookycon San Francisco
Wondercon February 10-12, 2006 San Francisco
World Horror Convention
May 11-14 2006, San Francisco.
And don't forget Worldcon is in Los
Angeles this year. L.A. CON IV August 23-27 2006!.
Societies:
Bay Area Science Fiction Association (BASFA)-San Jose.
Legion of Rassilon
Peninsula Science Fantasy Association
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc
Book Clubs:
The Gay Men’s Sci-Fi BookGroup
meets at Borderlands
as does the
Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club
Misc.
Anamnesis Press
- SF Poetry by various authors
Tachyon Publications
A San Francisco based small publisher with an impressive list of
authors
Dimensional Designs
SF, Fantasy and Horror Collectibles (Resin figure
kits)
If you have anything to add, email me at
espana@espanasheriff.com
Updated November 2005