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March 2010

March 10, 2010

I-CON 29 Major Guest Announcement

Stony Brook, NY, March 9, 2010: Icon Science Fiction, Inc will hold the 29'th I-CON on the campus of the Stony Brook University on March 26-28, 2010. The Northeast's largest fan-run festival of science fact, science fiction, and fantasy is dedicated to promoting cultural and scientific literacy by encouraging members of the general public to interact with scientists, writers, actors, and other major academic and cultural leaders.

This year I-CON awards the ICONosphere to Ronald D. Moore, whose showbiz career includes writing over two dozen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, acting as executive producer on Deep Space Nine, and creating the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. The Emmy Award-winner is currently executive producer of Caprica. The ICONosphere award is given annually for achievement in genre film and TV making from behind the camera. Past recipients include Ray Harryhausen and Roger Corman.

The Media Guest of Honor at I-CON 29 will be Charisma Carpenter. Ms. Carpenter has starred in many films and TV shows, including her role as Cordelia on both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Literature Guest of Honor is Robert J. Sawyer. Mr Sawyer has won all the major awards for American science fiction writing. His novel Flash Forward is now a tv series from ABC, on which Rob acts as a consultant. An international favorite, he has won awards in China, Japan and Spain in addition to being considered "the dean of Canadian science fiction." I-CON is proud to welcome him as our guest of honor.

Our special Science and Technology guest is John Marburger. Dr. Marburger served as Science Advisor to President George W. Bush, as well as directing the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Before entering public service, he was President of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory. He has also served as Chairman of the Department of Physics at the University of Southern California. We are pleased to have such an eminent scientist and public servant appear at I-CON.

Performing at I-CON in 2010 is Voltaire, the "modern renaissance man." Voltaire's music is impossible to classify—it has been called everything from "folk" to "goth" to "new wave." In addition to his ten albums, he has written songs for TV shows and video games. Voltaire also writes books on a variety of subjects, creates graphic novels, and teaches animation as a Professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. We are delighted to have this "modern renaissance man" return to lend his many talents to I-CON.

Every year, I-CON brings together major figures from the worlds of film and television, literature and publishing, science and technology, comics, gaming, and anime for a three-day festival to promote literacy and education. Members of the general public are invited to participate in discussions and seminars about topics ranging from space exploration to film production.