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A convention run since 1985 by the RSFA, the Rensselaer Science Fiction Association, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. It has become primarily an Anime convention. The website has a very impressive complete set of programme books to download.
| Convention | Dates | GoHs |
|---|---|---|
| Genericon I | March 22-24, 1985 | Hal Clement, Phil Foglio, Jan Howard Finder |
| Genericon II | April 4-6, 1986 | Samuel Delany, Hal Clement, Mark Rogers, Marty Gear, Jack Dann, Chuck Rothman |
| Genericon III | April 3-5, 1987 | Joan Vinge, Dawn Wilson, Jack Dann, Bruce Evry |
| Genericon IV | April 8-10, 1988 | Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Charles Pellegrino, Hal Clement, Jack Dann, Alan Meltzer |
| Genericon V | April 7-9, 1989 | Janny Wurtz, Don Maitz, David Kyle, Hal Clement, Susan Shwartz, Alan Meltzer |
| Genericon VI | January 26-28, 1990 | Barry B. Longyear, Pat Morrissey, Esther Friesner, Jeffery Carver, David Kyle, Chuck Rothman, Sue Rothman |
| Genericon VII | 1991 | David Kyle, Hal Clement, Janice Eisen, Chuck Rothman, Sue Rothman, Alan Meltzer, Thomas Zane |
| Genericon VIII | January 24-26, 1992 | Craig Shaw Gardner, Dean Morrissey, Loyd Blankenship |
| Genericon IX | March 1-3, 1996 | Christopher Golden |
| Genericon X | February 28 - March 2, 1997 | No guests |
| Genericon XI | March 20-22, 1998 | No guests |
| Genericon XII | January 22-24, 1999 | Kevin Siembieda, Maryann Siembieda, Clifford VanMeter |
| Genericon XIII | January 21-23, 2000 | Pete Abrams, Tom the Shirt Guy |
| Genericon XIV | January 19-21, 2001 | Barbara Manui, Chris Adams, David Fooden |
| Genericon XV | January 25-27, 2002 | Chris Adams, Bard Bloom, Michael Costalas, Jeff Darlington, David Fooden, Paul Manjourides, Barbara Manui, Matt Milligan, Ben Moskowitz, Josh Phillips, Trey Reilly, Jonathan Rosenberg, Amy Howard Wilson, Nick Yu, Uncle Don Ross, Voltaire, Bare Bonez Productions, MegaZone, Simutronics Corp |
| Genericon XVI | January 24-27, 2003 | J. Andrew World, Uncle Don Ross, George Vasiliakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, Project Y |
| Genericon XVII | January 16-18, 2004 | J. Andrew World, George Vasiliakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, Pete Abrams, Paul Manjourides, Trey Reilly, Meredith Gran, Ian Jones-Quartey, Aaron Farber, Randy Milholland, John "Fuzzface" McMahon, Bard and Vicki Bloom, MegaZone |
| Genericon XVIII | January 28-30, 2005 | Rob Balder (Partially Clips), Chris Battey, Tauceti Deichmann, John "Fuzzface" McMahon, Meredith Gran, Jack Pendleton, Josh Phillips, Ryk Spoor, J. Andrew World |
| Genericon XIX | January 27-29, 2006 | Ryk Spoor, Josh Phillips, Jeph Jacques (Questionable Content) |
| Genericon XX | January 26-28, 2007 | Ryk Spoor, Rob Balder (Partially Clips), Jeph Jacques (Questionable Content), Ananth Panagariya and Mohammad F. Haque (Applegeeks), Tom Crist (Shoebox of Worm Quartet) |
| Genericon XXI | January 25-27, 2008 | Rob Balder (Partially Clips), Tom Crist (Shoebox of Worm Quartet), Al Lowe, Ryk Spoor, Ian McConville and Matt Boyd (MacHall), Tom Rockwell (Sudden Death), Echostream |
| Genericon XXII | January 23-25, 2009 | Uncle Yo, Echostream, OverClocked ReMix, SuperFortress |
| Genericon XXIII | February 12-14, 2010 | Lawrence Eng, Robert Axelrod, Ryk Spoor, Uncle Yo, Echostream, OverClocked ReMix |
| Genericon XXIV | February 11-13, 2011 | Jenny Blanchard, Uncle Yo, Vic Mignogna, Anime World Order, For Tax Reasons, Uzuhi |
| Genericon XXV | March 2-4, 2012 | Johnny Yong Bosch, Nicki Clyne, Eyeshine |
| Genericon XXVI | March 1-3, 2013 | Jenny Blanchard, Kyle Hebert, Tim Maughan, Uncle Yo, Antipode, Allkore Riot Kontrol Live |
| Genericon XXVII | February 28 - March 2, 2014 | Jen Taylor and Antipode |
| Genericon XXVIII | March 13-15, 2015 | Tristan MacAvery, Ebro Helmy, Uncle Yo, Antipode |
| Genericon XXIX | March 4-6, 2016 | Gregory Lush, Uncle Yo, Robert Axelrod, Rainbow Sun Francks |
| Genericon XXX | March 3-5, 2017 | Shigeto Koyama, Hiromi Wakabayashi, Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40 |
| Genericon XXXI | March 2-4, 2018 | Masahiko Otsuka, Kazuya Masumoto, Takafumi Hori, Ian Rubin |
| Genericon XXXII | February 22-24, 2019 | Veronica Taylor, Colby Boothman |
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| Website | 1985— |
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