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!

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Website: http://www.spiderrobinson.com/

Since he began writing professionally in 1972, Spider Robinson has won 3 Hugos, a Nebula, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and numerous other awards. Twenty-five of his 33 books are still in print, in 10 languages. His short work has appeared in magazines from OMNI and Analog to Xhurnal Izobretatel i Rationalizator (Moscow), and in numerous anthologies. His most recent books are VERY BAD DEATHS [Baen Books], and THE CRAZY YEARS [BenBella].

He was chosen by the Heinlein Prize Trust to write VARIABLE STAR, a novel based on a 7-page outline created in 1955 by First Grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein; it will be a Tor hardcover in October 2006. The Usenet newsgroup alt.callahans and its many internet offshoots, inspired by Spider's Callahan's Place series, are said to constitute the largest non-porn network in cyberspace.

Spider was born in the Bronx, New York on 3 successive days (they had to handle him in sections) in 1948, and holds a Bachelors degree in English from the State University of New York. He was book reviewer for Galaxy, Analog and New Destinies magazines for nearly a decade, and his op-ed column "Future Tense" has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, since 1996. In 2001 he released Belaboring the Obvious, a CD featuring original music accompanied by guitar legend Amos Garrett.

Spider has been married for over 30 years to Jeanne Robinson, a Boston-born writer, choreographer, former dancer, and teacher of dance and the Alexander Technique; she was founder/artistic director of Halifax's Nova Dance Theatre during its 8-year history. Jeanne is now writing, producing and choreographing a short film about zero gravity dance with Toronto writer/director Michael Lennick for possible premiere at Robert Heinlein's centennial celebration in 2007.

The Robinsons collaborated on the Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-winning Stardance Trilogy. They have lived for the last 7 years on Bowen Island, British Columbia, where they raise and exhibit hopes.