About us
Vancouver Fantasy & Sci-Fi Group is for people who like speculative stories as more than lore and trivia.
Most months, we do a mix of:
- science fiction and fantasy book discussions
- anime and animation discussions
- movie and TV conversations
- graphic novel and comic discussions
- long-book reading arcs
- occasional crossover events with literature, film, and bigger cultural questions
The room is for big questions inside strange stories: power, technology, gods, monsters, war, identity, fate, broken worlds, and what people become when the rules change.
No fandom purity tests. No lore-flexing. Come for the story, the argument, and the people who still take imagination seriously.
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Upcoming events
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![🚀 The Three-Body Problem [Book Club Discussion]](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/f/7/e/highres_536749022.jpeg)
🚀 The Three-Body Problem [Book Club Discussion]
UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3, Canada, Vancouver, BC, CA🚀 We're getting together to talk about Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem.
When humans disappoint us, the idea of an outside solution can start to feel like hope. But losing trust in our own world tells us very little about whether another power would treat us better. Relief from familiar failures can make unfamiliar intentions seem less threatening, especially when the alternative is continuing to live with people we no longer believe in. What would justify that leap of trust, and how much of it might simply be the wish for someone else to take responsibility?
The plan
Please read the complete first novel, The Three-Body Problem, beforehand: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466853447/thethreebodyproblem/- How does the novel connect private disappointment with choices that affect everyone?
- What makes humanity seem worth defending despite its failures?
- How does the book make the same possibility feel hopeful to one person and threatening to another?
When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 29, 2026
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Vancouver local time
📍 Location: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3
We will meet at the main entrance.
Arrive 10 minutes before the start; doors close 10 minutes after the start.
Cap: 40Date update: This event has moved from Sunday, November 22 to Sunday, November 29, 2026. The location is unchanged.
3 attendees
🛸 Bloodchild - love, coercion, and the bargains that keep us alive
UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3, Canada, Vancouver, BC, CA🛸 We're getting together to talk about Octavia Butler's Bloodchild.
You can genuinely care for someone and still have very little freedom in the arrangement that binds you. If refusing their terms puts your safety at risk, affection does not settle whether your agreement is freely given. At the same time, describing the relationship only as exploitation might miss attachments that matter to the people inside it. How should we judge consent when the alternatives are frightening, and can a bargain become fairer without pretending those unequal choices do not exist?
The plan
Please read only Bloodchild beforehand: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories/9781583226988/
The rest of the collection is not assigned.- Which gestures of care feel reassuring, and which make the imbalance harder to ignore?
- How does the story distinguish being needed from being valued?
- What does Butler achieve by making an unfamiliar relationship feel emotionally recognisable?
When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 29, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Vancouver local time
📍 Location: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3
We will meet at the main entrance.
Arrive 10 minutes before the start; doors close 10 minutes after the start.
Cap: 40Date update: This event has moved from Sunday, November 22 to Sunday, November 29, 2026. The location is unchanged.
1 attendee
🐺 Wolf Children - what do parents owe children who cannot live ordinary lives?
Trees Organic Coffee 738 Granville, 738 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1G3, Canada, Vancouver, BC, CA🐺 We're getting together to talk about Mamoru Hosoda's Wolf Children.
A parent can work hard to make a child's life easier and still misunderstand the life that child wants. Protection becomes complicated when safety means fitting in, while growing up may mean choosing a path the parent cannot follow. The care that helps a child manage one stage of life might become a restriction at the next, even when the parent's intentions have not changed. How can someone recognise when their responsibility is to step back, especially if they cannot be sure things will turn out well?
The plan
Please watch Wolf Children beforehand: https://gkids.com/films/wolf-children/
There is no screening at the event.- What do parents owe children who cannot live ordinary lives?
- What does the film suggest parents can pass on, and what must children discover for themselves?
- How does the film let love and frustration exist together without cancelling either out?
When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 29, 2026
🕒 Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, Vancouver local time
📍 Location: Trees Organic Coffee, 738 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
Cap: 12Date update: This event has moved from Sunday, November 22 to Sunday, November 29, 2026. The location is unchanged.
1 attendee
Past events
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![The Return of the King [Book Club Discussion]](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/5/7/4/highres_536425972.jpeg)
![👑⚔️ The Return of the King - Part 1: Book V [Book Club Discussion]](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/b/0/f/highres_535831503.jpeg)
