Apr 12, 2006 - Site Downtime - Some of you may have noticed problems with the I-CON site over the past few days. We have been having hardware issues with our server, which have now been resolved. All site functionality should now be fully restored... if you notice any issues, please email webmaster@iconsf.org. Thank you.

Mar 22, 2006 - Important Travel Update! - The Suffolk County Half Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, resulting in closures on Nichols Road between the Long Island Expressway and Rt. 347. Please use these directions to get to the convention on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2006 - New I-CON Community - ICON Science Fiction, Inc. is proud to announce its new project, community.iconsf.org. Designed to encourage community involvement and the open sharing of ideas and information, community.iconsf.org is our new hub for everyone who is interested in Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy (and Gaming, Anime, and everything else you might see at I-CON - and likely a whole lot more!). We encourage you all to stop in, take a look, and speak your mind - this site was created to allow you to immerse yourself further in the things that matter to you (and us).

Mar 22, 2006 - Indie Film Schedule - In addition to the main schedule and gaming schedule linked from our home page, the Indie Film schedule is now online. Also, an HTML (webpage) version of the schedule is coming soon, we thank everyone for their patience.

Mar 21, 2006 - Schedule Coming Soon Posted! - We know that many of you were anxiously awaiting the schedule for I-CON. Well, it's here! Go to the site index and check it out to see everything what I-CON 25 has in store for you!

News Archive

During the past fifteen years, hundreds of John's photos and articles in the genre of Speculative Fiction have been published widely in magazines, newspapers and on book jackets. His pictures have appeared in program books for World Science Fiction Convention and World Fantasy Convention, and have been featured in such mainstream publications as The New York Times and USA Today Weekend.

John was selected in 1994 to present the 'First Fandom Hall of Fame Award' to Andre Norton. In 1997 he received the 'E. E. Evans Memorial Big Heart Award' at the World Science Fiction Convention. In 1998, John was Fan Guest of Honor at I-CON 17, and inaugural recipient of the 'Sam Moskowitz Fan Award.' That same year he published 'Days of Wonder', a memorial volume in tribute to Moskowitz and Conrad H. Ruppert. In 1998 and 1999 John was invited to accept the 'World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award' on behalf of Andre Norton and Hugh B. Cave. John was photographer for several years for ScientiFiction (First Fandom's newsletter), and regular columnist and photographer for Tangent Magazine. Galleries of his comprehensive collection of original signed pictures of authors, artists, and fans in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror have been displayed throughout the U.S.A.

John has been to China, Southeast Asia, Tibet and South America, attending festivals and trekking to lost cities and ancient monuments. While on a trip to Sri Lanka, he enjoyed a visit with visionary Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and the resulting photo essay was published in LOCUS (September 1999). Several quotations from the interview were selected last year for the 'Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 Science Fiction Calendar.' As a highlight of I-CON 20, John arranged and moderated a personal telephone call from Columbo, Sri Lanka for Sir Arthur to extend his '2001 greetings' to all the convention's attendees.

Last year, John was chosen to receive one of the first annual '4E Awards', presented in Hollywood by Forrest J Ackerman's Bat Pack, for contributions to Science Fiction fandom. In his spare time, John enjoys reading, writing, and playing music in Florida, where he resides with his wife Linda and cats.