Genericon

A convention run since 1985 by the RSFA, the Rensselaer Science Fiction Association. 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	1985	Hal Clement, Phil Foglio, Jan Howard Finder
Genericon II	1986	Samuel Delany, Hal Clement, Mark Rogers, Marty Gear, Jack Dann, Chuck Rothman
Genericon III	1987	Joan Vinge, Dawn Wilson, Jack Dann, Bruce Evry
Genericon IV	1988	Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Charles Pellegrino, Hal Clement, Jack Dann, Alan Meltzer
Genericon V	1989	Janny Wurtz, Don Maitz, David Kyle, Hal Clement, Susan Shwartz, Alan Meltzer
Genericon VI	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	Jan 24-26 1992	Craig Shaw Gardner, Dean Morrissey, Loyd Blankenship
Genericon IX	March 1-3 1996	Christopher Golden
Genericon X	Feb 28-March 2 1997	No guests
Genericon XI	1998	No guests
Genericon XII	1999
Genericon XIII	2000
Genericon XXIV	Jan 19-21 2001
Genericon XV	2002
Genericon XVI	2003
Genericon XVII	2004
Genericon XVIII	2005
Genericon XIX	2006
Genericon XX	2007
Genericon XXI	2008
Genericon XXII	2009
Genericon XXIII	2010
Genericon XXIV	2011
Genericon XXV	2012
Genericon XXVI	2013
Genericon XXVII	2014
Genericon XXVIII	March 13-15, 2015	Tristan MacAvery, Uncle Yo, Antipode
Genericon XXIX	2016
Genericon XXX	2017
Genericon XXXI	2018
Genericon XXXII	2019
Genericon XXXIII	2020	Cancelled because of Coronavirus.

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Convention
Website	1985—

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