Beijing Science Fiction Reading Group
Next meeting:

Date: 8pm, Tuesday December 23, 2025

Location: Wiggly Jiggly's (欧也Cafe) in Dongzhimen

Story for discussion: The Star, by Arthur C Clarke (1955)

We're sometimes a bit lazy with updating the website. If the "next meeting" is in the past we'll still probably be meeting on Tuesday at Wiggly Jiggly's (欧也 Cafe), Dongzhimen - check the WeChat group for updates.
The Beijing Science Fiction Reading Group is a friendly group of science fiction fans in Beijing, China. We meet most Tuesdays (not Thursdays anymore) at 8pm to discuss a different English-language science fiction story each week - usually in Wiggly Jiggly's (欧也Cafe) in Dongzhimen (close to Exit D of Dongzhimen subway station). We previously used to meet at The Bookworm before it closed.

Meetings are free and informal, and usually discuss short fiction so that everyone has the chance to read the story before the meeting. Discussions are in English but non-native speakers are of course very welcome.

We welcome all new members, whether you're an established science fiction fan or new to the genre. If you want to join our WeChat group, please add Kevin on WeChat and ask him to add you - unfortunately we're now too big to join directly by QR code.
Previously discussed stories:
December 16, 2025Fondly Fahrenheit (1954) and The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958), by Alfred Bester
December 9, 2025And the Moon be Still as Bright, by Ray Bradbury (1948)
December 2, 2025The Earth Men, by Ray Bradbury (1948)
November 25, 2025There Will Come Soft Rains, by Ray Bradbury (1950)
November 18, 2025Death and the Gorgon, by Greg Egan (2024)
November 11, 2025The Magician and Laplace's Demon, by Tom Crosshill (2014)
November 4, 2025Syphilus, Sisyphus, by Leonardo Espinoza Benavides (2022)
September 23, 2025The Cookie Monster, by Vernor Vinge (2003)
September 16, 2025Appropriate Love, by Greg Egan (1991)
September 9, 2025Mountain, by Liu Cixin (2006)
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