I-CON

{{Short description|Former American annual fan convention (1982–2017)}}

{{About|the convention on Long Island|other science fiction conventions named "ICON" or "Icon"|List of ICON science fiction conventions}}

{{Infobox recurring event

|name = I-CON

|image =

|caption =

|status = Reorganizing

|genre = Fan convention, multi-genre

|venue = Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus

|location = Brentwood, New York

|country = United States

|first = 1982

|last = 2017

|organizer = ICON Science Fiction, Inc.

|filing = 501(c)(3)

|attendance =

|website = {{URL|http://www.iconsf.org/}}

}}

I-CON (short for "Island CONvention") began as a (roughly) annual fan convention, held on various college campuses in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. First held in 1982 on the campus of Stony Brook University, I-CON became a very eclectic convention. The programming included things normally found at different types of convention, like speeches by and talks with science fiction authors, extensive gaming, anime fandom, comics fandom, furry fandom, multiple movie showings, and medieval programming, as well as live performances. There was also a science track discussing recent developments in various branches of science and exploring the real science behind science fiction technologies. I-CON was jointly held by ICON Science Fiction, Inc., a tax-exempt educational foundation, and the I-CON Campus Chapter of Stony Brook.

In 2023, the organization began to re-vision itself. The logo changed from the original dragon logo, now associated with the legacy conventions, to one incorporating a Phoenix, as a symbol of the con's rebirth. Instead of one large convention, the organization began experimenting with a series of smaller events in various locations across the island.

History

I-CON was preceded by SUNYcon (April 14, 1973), Mudcon (May 8, 1977), and Brookcon (October 28–30, 1977), held on the Stony Brook campus.

I-CON was held annually from 1983 through 2012 at Stony Brook University, except for 2009, when it relocated temporarily to the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College, due to planned construction at Stony Brook University.

In the spring of 2012, I-CON was informed that the Stony Brook Sports Complex would be unavailable due to construction in 2013. ICON Science Fiction, Inc. scouted several possible locations on Long Island as an alternative venue, eventually entering into an agreement with Hofstra University. Due to many compounding issues including finances and delays caused by Hurricane Sandy, the board decided to postpone I-CON 32, with plans to raise funds via smaller events and return in 2014, but made no announcements about future dates.{{cite web |url = http://www.iconsf.org/ |title = I-CON |publisher = iconsf.org |accessdate = 2012-03-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302021754/http://iconsf.org/ |archive-date = 2012-03-02 |url-status = dead }}

I-CON ran smaller conventions, LI-CON, in 2014 and 2015, at other venues on Long Island.

I-CON 32 occurred on March 17–19, 2017, at Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus, Brentwood, New York.

The website was updated on February 14, 2019 to announce a trip to a library exhibit, having previously been last updated on August 11, 2016.

=Event history=

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Dates	Location	Guests {{Convention list \|date = March 12–14, 1982 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Gene Roddenberry,{{cite web \|url=http://www.iconsf.org/about/media_archive.html \|title=I-CON Media Guests archive \|publisher=iconsf.org \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010405190419/http://www.iconsf.org/about/media_archive.html \|archivedate=2001-04-05}} Alan Asherman, Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, Raymond Z. Gallun, Michael Kandel, Michael Swanwick, Roy Torgeson, Joan D. Vinge, Howard Weinstein, Nicholas Yermikov }} {{Convention list \|date = May 6–8, 1983 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Isaac Asimov, J O Jeppson, George Takei }} {{Convention list \|date = March 30 - April 1, 1984 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Hal Clement, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Harlan Ellison }} {{Convention list \|date = March 29–31, 1985 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Larry Niven, Mark Lenard, John Buscema, Don Heck, Marv Wolfman, Dennis O'Neil }} {{Convention list \|date = April 4–6, 1986 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Jack Williamson, James Doohan, Jon Pertwee, Julius Schwartz, Forrest J. Ackerman, Norman Spinrad, Bob Rozakis. Mindy Newell }} {{Convention list \|date = March 27–29, 1987 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = David Brin, Mark Lenard, David Gerrold, Colin Baker }} {{Convention list \|date = April 15–17, 1988 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Poul Anderson, Adam West, Richard Arnold, Doug Murray (comics), Anthony Ainley, Harlan Ellison }} {{Convention list \|date = March 31 - April 2, 1989 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Frederik Pohl, Michael Dorn, Guy Vardaman, Tasha Martel, Terry Nation, E. Gary Gygax, Peter David }} {{Convention list \|date = March 30 - April 1, 1990 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = C. J. Cherryh, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Richard Arnold, Sylvester McCoy, Scott Carpenter, Alan Dean Foster, E. Gary Gygax, Timothy Zahn, Curt Swan, Elliot S. Maggin }} {{Convention list \|date = April 19–21, 1991 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Dan Simmons, Majel Roddenberry, Robin Curtis, Dean Stockwell, Sylvester McCoy, John Levene, Wings Hauser, Deke Slayton, Stan Lee, Sarah Douglas, E. Gary Gygax, Harlan Ellison, Julius Schwartz, Steve Saffell, Charles Pelligrino, George Zebrowski, Pamela Sargent }} {{Convention list \|date = April 3–5, 1992 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Roger Zelazny, Nichelle Nichols, Laura Banks, Sarah Douglas, Tom Kidd, A.C. Farley }} {{Convention list \|date = April 16–18, 1993 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Lucius Shepard, Armin Shimerman, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Michael O'Hare, Laura Banks, Bruce Purchase, Jordan Raskin }} {{Convention list \|date = April 15–17, 1994 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Harlan Ellison, George Takei, Lolita Fatjo, Michael O'Hare, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael Cuneo, Tom Palmer }} {{Convention list \|date = March 31–April 2, 1995 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Nancy Kress, Siddig El Fadil, Andrew Robinson, Sophie Aldred, Jerry Doyle, Rachel Pollack }} {{Convention list \|date = April 12–14, 1996 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = George Alec Effinger, Ethan Phillips, Bill Mumy, Steve Sansweet, Tom Smith, Peter David, Susan Alston, Mike Stackpole }} {{Convention list \|date = April 4–6, 1997 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Joe Haldeman, René Auberjonois, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael O'Hare, Marvin Kitman }} {{Convention list \|date = March 27–29, 1998 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Norman Spinrad, Nana Visitor, Claudia Christian }} {{Convention list \|date = April 9–11, 1999 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Lois McMaster Bujold, Robert Picardo, Kenny Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Caroline Blakiston, Harlan Ellison }} {{Convention list \|date = March 31–April 2, 2000 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Joe R. Lansdale, Nicholas Brendon, Mark Allen Shepherd, Jason Carter, Julie Caitlin Brown, Jack Stauffer, Richard Hatch, Richard Chevolleau, Robert Leeshock, Peter Woodward, Dr. Demento }} {{Convention list \|date = March 30–April 1, 2001 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Timothy Zahn, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Bruce Campbell, Harlan Ellison, Brad Douriff, Erin Gray, Virginia Hey, Richard Herd, Ray Harryhausen, Marjorie Monaghan }} {{Convention list \|date = April 19–21, 2002 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = F. Paul Wilson, Billy Boyd, Richard Biggs, Andreas Katsulas, Julie Caitlin Brown, Jason Carter, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Brian Downey, Myriam Sirois }} {{Convention list \|date = March 28–30, 2003 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Barry N. Malzberg, Don Davis, Carrie Dobro, Carel Struycken, Robert Leeshock, Robin Curtis, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Keith R.A. DeCandido{{cite web \|url=http://iconsf.org/index.html \|title=I-CON 22 \|publisher=iconsf.org \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030212053717/http://iconsf.org/index.html \|archivedate=2003-02-12}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon22/ \|title=I-CON 22 \|publisher=iconsf.org \|accessdate=2016-12-24 \|archive-date=December 28, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228110725/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon22/ \|url-status=dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 26–28, 2004 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Connie Willis, Katee Sackhoff, Peter Jurasik, Vaughn Armstrong, Chase Masterson, Richard Hatch, Bill Blair, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John Kenneth Muir{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon23/ \|title = I-CON 23 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2010-05-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510072250/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon23/ \|archive-date=2017-05-10 \|url-status=dead}} }} {{Convention list \|date = April 8–10, 2005 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Ben Bova, Jewel Staite, Peter Mayhew, Jason Carter, Rockne S. O'Bannon{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon24/ \|title = I-CON 24 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2010-05-05 \|archive-date = December 28, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228113024/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon24/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 24–26, 2006 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Terry Brooks, George Takei, Terry Brooks, Kevin Sorbo, Ron Glass, Michael A. Pondsmith, Michael Uslan, Doctor Who: Podshock{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon25/ \|title = I-CON 25 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2009-06-01 \|archive-date = December 28, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228110705/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon25/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 23–25, 2007 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Liz Williams, Claudia Christian, Denise Crosby, Dean Haglund, Jamie Bamber, Roger Corman, Doctor Who: Podshock{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon26/ \|title = I-CON 26 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2009-06-01 \|archive-date = December 28, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228104420/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon26/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = April 4–6, 2008 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Charlaine Harris, Tracy Scoggins, Ray Park, Harlan Ellison, Ernie Hudson, Daniel Logan, Billy West, Jeffrey Combs, Doctor Who: Podshock, David Wade{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon27/ \|title = I-CON 27 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2009-06-01 \|archive-date = December 28, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228102131/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon27/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = April 3–5, 2009 \|venue = Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus \|location = Brentwood, New York \|guests = Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Nicki Clyne, Tory Belleci, Gary Graham{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon28/ \|title = I-CON 28 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2009-03-09 \|archive-date = May 10, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170510072530/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon28/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 26–28, 2010 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Robert J. Sawyer, Charisma Carpenter, Sarah Douglas, Tiffany Grant, Ronald D. Moore, Robert J. Sawyer, Tony Todd, Doctor Who: Podshock{{cite web \|url = http://www.iconsf.org/ \|title = I-CON 29 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2010-03-22 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302021754/http://iconsf.org/ \|archive-date = 2012-03-02 \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = April 15–17, 2011 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = Joe R. Lansdale, Julie Benz, Thomas Jane, Denise Crosby, Nicki Clyne, Frank Mentzer, Daniel Logan, Gil Gerard{{cite web \|url = http://www.iconsf.org/ \|title = I-CON 30 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2011-05-01 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302021754/http://iconsf.org/ \|archive-date = 2012-03-02 \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 30 - April 1, 2012 \|venue = Stony Brook University \|location = Stony Brook, New York \|guests = David Weber, Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Sarah Douglas, Frazer Hines, Jeremy Bulloch, Nana Visitor, Rekha Sharma, Paul Blake, Colin Spaull, Casey Biggs, JG Hertzler, Robert Leeshock, Joshua Lou Friedman, Jason Haigh-Ellery{{cite web \|url = https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon31/ \|title = I-CON 31 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2011-11-01 \|archive-date = December 28, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228115915/https://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon31/ \|url-status = dead }} }} {{Convention list \|date = March 17–19, 2017 \|venue = Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus \|location = Brentwood, New York \|guests = Cory Doctorow, Cecil Baldwin, Daniel Knauf, David Gerrold, Tiffany Grant...{{cite web \|url = http://blog.iconsf.org/ \|title = I-CON 32 \|publisher = iconsf.org \|accessdate = 2016-12-24}} }}

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Dates

Location

Guests

{{Convention list

|date = March 12–14, 1982

I-CON

History

=Event history=

=LI-CON=

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