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.johnkennethmuir.com

Another regular who can enliven I-CON panels, John Kenneth Muir is the author of many books, including the 2004 releases The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (Applause) and McFarland's The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television. His other titles include the highly successful An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), a companion to the cinema of the Gen X director, and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), a colossal survey of scary movies in the disco decade. The latter was selected a Booklist Editor's Choice and an ALA 'best of the best' reference source in 2003.

John's first novel, the officially licensed continuation of the cult 1970s series 'Space: 1999,' entitled The Forsaken (Powsy Media), was published in 2003, and John has also written original short stories for The Official Farscape Magazine. In addition to other film books like The Films of John Carpenter (2000), Terror Television (A Booklist Editor's Choice in 2001), and Wes Craven: The Art of Horror, Mercy in Her Eyes, the Films of Mira Nair and Singing a New Tune (an investigaton into the 'new' movie musical). John has also contributed articles to periodicals including Cinescape, Filmfax, Rerun and Collectors News.

He appeared on television in the year 2000 as an expert on the genre on the short-lived Sci-Fi Channel series, 'Sciography,' and has authored several guides to classic genre TV shows, including An Analytical Guide to TV's One Step Beyond (2001), A Critical History of Dr. Who on TV (1999), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), and Exploring Space: 1999 (1997).

John is a regular columnist for the web-zine Far Sector, and can be found on the web at his official site.