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

As one of the most illustrious figures in science fiction, there is scarcely an area of the field that has not seen the influence of David Kyle. Writer, anthologist, illustrator, book designer, editor, agent and an active force in both the earliest and the present day worlds of fandom, he is a true Renaissance Man.

His career outside of the science fiction world is just as impressive: graduate of Columbia University, student at the Middle Temple Inn of Court in London and retired U. S. Air Force lieutenant colonel. He has had a long career in newspaper publishing and radio and founded Gnome Press in 1948. Gnome introduced such writers as Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Howard and Isaac Asimov in hardcover.

Kyle's activities in fandom go back to the literal beginning. He founded the first convention in Philadelphia in 1936, attended the first World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in New York City in 1939, chaired the 14th WorldCon in 1956 and has been recognized as a record attendee of World Science Fiction Conventions.

His works include A Pictorial History of Science Fiction, The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction and a Lensman trilogy, an authorized continuation of the prize-winning works by E,E. 'Doc' Smith.

He has collected an array of honors-Science Fiction Hall of Fame, given by First Fandom; a special award from the British Science Fiction Association; Outstanding Achievement from The International Society of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy and I-CON's own Gallun and Moskowitz Awards.

He has been chosen one of The Hundred Most Important People in Science Fiction. He was invited by the Arents Research Library of Syracuse University to contribute his David A. Kyle papers collection.