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Aut

hor

Gue

st o

f Hon

or:

Tany

a H

uff

Huff

is on

e of t

he m

ost p

rom

inen

t Can

adia

n au

thor

s in

the c

ateg

ory o

f con

tem

pora

ry

fant

asy ,

a su

bgen

re p

ione

ered

by C

harle

s de L

int.

Man

y of

the s

cene

s in

he

r sto

ries a

re n

ear p

lace

s whe

re sh

e has

live

d or

freq

uent

ed in

To

ront

o, K

ings

ton,

and

else

wher

e. Th

is au

thor

freq

uent

ly us

es a

s cha

ract

er

nam

es th

e nam

es of

peo

ple i

n he

r circ

le of

acq

uain

tanc

es. T

he te

levis

ion

serie

s Bl

ood T

ies, b

ased

on H

uff's

Vick

i Nel

son

nove

ls, is

curre

ntly

airin

g on

the

Life

time c

hann

el.

Toas

tmas

ter:

Rust

y H

evel

in

Art

ist G

uest

of H

onor

: TB

A

ICON

33

Oct

ober

31

– N

ovem

ber

2, 2

008

Cor

alvi

lle M

arrio

tt H

otel

& C

onfe

renc

e C

ente

r C

oral

ville

, IA

Early

Bird

Reg

istra

tion

is a

vaila

ble

Sund

ay a

t the

IC

ON

32

regi

stra

tion

tabl

e, o

r at

the

Min

dbrid

ge ta

ble

in th

e D

eale

rs’ R

oom

. D

on't

wai

t unt

il th

e ra

te g

oes

up o

n M

onda

y!

1

Page 2

2

Co

nve

nti

on

Ru

les

1N

o pr

ojec

tile

wea

pons

allo

wed

! T

his

mea

ns a

ny o

bjec

t th

at s

hoot

s an

othe

r ob

ject

, inc

ludi

ng, b

ut n

ot

limite

d to

, suc

h th

ings

as

wat

er, r

ubbe

r ba

nds,

sill

y st

ring,

slin

gsho

ts, a

nd w

hipp

ed c

ream

.

2A

ll w

eapo

ns o

f in

divi

dual

or

mas

s de

stru

ctio

n m

ust

be p

eace

bon

ded.

Th

is

list i

nclu

des

lette

r op

ener

s, to

y w

eapo

ns, n

ucle

ar m

issi

les,

pha

sers

, and

sha

rp

poin

ty t

hing

s yo

u m

ight

buy

in t

he D

eale

rs’ R

oom

. For

a w

eapo

n to

be

peac

e bo

nded

, it

need

s to

be

tie

d or

fa

sten

ed

secu

rely

so

th

at

it ca

nnot

be

br

andi

shed

, sw

ung

by a

ccid

ent,

or d

eton

ated

.

3B

adge

s m

ust

be w

orn

in o

rder

to

ente

r co

nven

tion

spac

e an

d at

tend

pr

ogra

mm

ing.

If

you

are

not

wea

ring

a vi

sibl

e ba

dge

you

may

be

polit

ely

aske

d to

leav

e co

nven

tion

area

s.

4Fe

dera

l an

d st

ate

law

s m

ust

be f

ollo

wed

by

all

(hum

an a

nd n

ot h

uman

).

The

lega

l dr

inki

ng a

ge i

n Io

wa

is 2

1.

This

law

is

true

even

at

roo

m p

artie

s

Rem

embe

r: an

adu

lt ba

dge

only

mea

ns t

he w

eare

r is

18

or o

lder

– v

erify

ea

ch a

ttend

ee‘s

age

bef

ore

serv

ing

them

alc

ohol

. Th

is y

ear

secu

rity

will

be

mor

e ob

serv

ant

and

will

be

taki

ng b

adge

s of

per

sons

who

are

not

abl

e to

co

ntro

l the

ir liq

uor

cons

umpt

ion.

(T

he b

adge

will

be

retu

rned

whe

n IC

ON

32

secu

rity

feel

s th

e m

embe

r is

cont

rolli

ng h

is o

r her

beh

avio

rs a

gain

.)

5Yo

u ki

ll it,

you

eat

it.

Just

don

’t ki

ll it

with

any

of

the

wea

pons

list

ed in

rul

es

1 an

d 2.

A

nd m

ake

sure

it h

asn’

t tur

ned

into

a z

ombi

e be

fore

you

eat

it.

6If

it is

not

you

rs, d

on’t

touc

h it

with

out

aski

ng. “

Yes,

we’

re ta

lkin

g to

you

, the

gu

y ey

ing

the

impo

ssib

ly i

ntric

ate

wal

king

art

in

the

Hal

l C

ostu

me

Con

test

. H

ey –

and

you

! D

on’t

touc

h th

at m

an w

earin

g th

e th

ong

and

body

oil,

you

do

n’t k

now

whe

re h

e’s

been

!”

7C

onco

m a

nd c

onve

ntio

n st

aff

rese

rve

the

right

to

tell

you

to s

top

wha

t yo

u ar

e do

ing.

If

you

don’

t, yo

u m

ay b

e as

ked

to l

eave

the

con

vent

ion

(pos

sibl

y w

ith t

he b

acki

ng o

f la

rge

and

angr

y St

orm

troo

pers

). P

leas

e no

te,

the

staf

f al

so i

nclu

des

secu

rity

pers

onne

l an

d al

l de

partm

ent

head

s.

You

need

n’t

both

er a

ppea

ling

to c

onco

m to

con

test

rea

sona

ble

requ

ests

by

the

staf

f.

8H

aras

smen

t of

any

kin

d –

incl

udin

g ha

rass

men

t on

the

bas

is o

f se

x, r

ace,

re

ligio

n, s

exua

l or

ient

atio

n, c

ount

ry,

plan

et o

f or

igin

, or

ear

sha

pe –

is

not

perm

itted

.

9C

hild

pol

icy

– A

ll ch

ildre

n un

der

12 y

ears

of

age

mus

t be

acc

ompa

nied

by

an a

dult

whe

n in

any

con

vent

ion

area

. P

aren

ts/g

uard

ians

are

res

pons

ible

fo

r co

ntro

lling

the

beha

vior

of t

heir

child

ren.

10Th

e M

arrio

tt is

a c

ompl

etel

y sm

oke

free

bui

ldin

g.

So if

you

wan

t to

sm

oke,

go

out

side

. Th

is in

clud

es d

rago

ns, v

olca

noes

, and

hot

head

s.

11A

ll at

tend

ees

are

resp

onsi

ble

for

read

ing

and

follo

win

g th

ese

rule

s.

Igno

ranc

e of

the

rule

s is

no

excu

se.

35

Page 3

34

Sing

like

no

one

is li

sten

ing.

.. D

ance

like

no

one

is w

atch

ing.

.. Li

ve e

very

day

like

it is

you

r las

t!

~Iris

h Pr

over

b

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… w

hen

you

get a

littl

e m

oney

you

buy

boo

ks;

and

if an

y is

left,

you

buy

food

and

clo

thes

.

Trad

ition

al &

Orig

inal

Cel

tic P

ub T

unes

Fri

day

eve

nin

g fr

om 9

-11

pm

in

Mai

n P

rog

ram

min

g (O

akd

ale

IV &

V)

And

we'

re b

anne

d fro

m A

rgo,

eve

ry o

ne.

Bann

ed fr

om A

rgo,

just

for h

avin

g a

little

fun.

W

e sp

ent a

jolly

sho

re le

ave

ther

e

for j

ust t

hree

day

s or

four

, Bu

t Arg

o do

esn'

t wan

t us

anym

ore.

Lear

n ho

w to

filk

… Fi

lkin

g 101

Be

nson

– Fr

iday

8 p

m

Com

e le

arn

from

exp

erie

nced

filk

ers

abou

t th

e su

bgen

re o

f sc

ienc

e fic

tion

and

fant

asy

fand

om k

now

n as

filk

. So

wha

t is

Filk

? Yo

u w

ish

to k

now

? Co

me,

see

an

d he

ar v

eter

an fi

lker

s D

ave

Stag

ner

and

Eric

Opp

en.

Join

in th

e fun

… O

pen

Filk

ing

Bens

on –

Frid

ay a

nd S

atur

day 9

to 1

1 pm

W

heth

er y

ou w

ant

to p

artic

ipat

e or

just

list

en,

com

e jo

in u

s as

filk

ers

do w

hat

they

do

best

– fi

lk!

3

Tab

le o

f C

on

ten

ts

Cove

r Art:

by

Ralp

h J.

Ryan

Tha

nk

yo

u t

o I

CO

N 3

2’s

Me

mb

er

Be

ne

fac

tors

D

anie

l “ke

ntuc

kyda

n” K

aufm

an

Jim

mer

Siv

erts

en

John

“G

odfa

ther

” Pe

rshi

ng

Lynd

a Sh

erm

an

Eric

“Ap

ple

Pie”

Tuc

ker

John

Cas

e

Hal

l Cos

tum

e C

onte

st In

fo

Page

4

Func

tion

Spac

es

Page

5

ICO

N 3

2 St

aff

Page

6

Frid

ay’s

Pro

gram

min

g

Star

ting

on P

age

8

Satu

rday

’s P

rogr

amm

ing

St

artin

g on

Pag

e 10

Toas

tmas

ter:

Rust

y H

evel

in

Page

17

Aut

hor

GoH

: Jac

k M

cDev

itt

Page

18

Art

ist G

oH :

Ryan

J. R

yan

Page

19

Sund

ay’s

Pro

gram

min

g

Star

ting

on P

age

21

Art

Sho

w H

ours

and

Pro

gram

min

g Pa

ge 2

3

Mem

ber

and

Corp

orat

e Sp

onso

rs

Page

24

Impo

rtan

t Con

Ter

ms

Page

s 26

-27

Four

Oak

s B

enef

it A

uctio

n In

fo

Page

28

LARP

/ G

amin

g D

emo

Info

Pa

ge 2

9

Shog

goth

on

the

Roof

Pa

ge 3

1

Room

Par

ty In

fo/G

uide

lines

Pa

ge 3

3

Page 4

4

ICO

N P

hoto

Dis

clai

mer

:

This

wee

kend

, ple

ase

be a

dvis

ed th

at u

nles

s yo

u ex

pres

sly

proh

ibit

our p

hoto

grap

hers

from

cap

turin

g yo

u on

cam

era,

you

her

eby

wai

ve

all r

ight

s as

soci

ated

with

any

res

ultin

g ph

otos

and

gra

nt M

indb

ridge

, In

c. /

ICO

N a

ll pu

blic

atio

n rig

hts.

Phot

os a

re in

tend

ed fo

r use

onl

y as

pro

mot

iona

l mat

eria

ls to

app

ear i

n pr

int,

tele

visi

on, a

nd/

or in

tern

et a

dver

tisin

g.

ICO

N Ha

ll Co

stum

e Co

ntes

t Fr

iday

: 9 p

m to

Mid

nigh

t W

ant a

cha

nce

to h

ave

your

cos

tum

e's

craf

tsm

ansh

ip ju

dged

in a

con

test

with

-ou

t ha

ving

to

wor

ry a

bout

sta

ge f

right

? T

hen

the

Hal

l Co

stum

e Co

ntes

t is

for

yo

u!

The

Hal

l Co

stum

e Co

ntes

t ha

ppen

s Fr

iday

nig

ht a

nd o

ur j

udge

s w

ande

r th

e ha

lls a

nd p

artie

s to

fin

d th

ose

who

se f

anci

ful

attir

e is

des

ervi

ng o

f ex

tra

atte

ntio

n (a

nd p

rizes

!). T

he H

all

Cost

ume

Cont

est

is o

pera

ted

as a

ver

y ca

sual

ev

ent.

(Wal

k ar

ound

in y

our

cost

ume

on F

riday

nig

ht, a

nd y

ou're

in.)

How

to

ente

r:

Dre

ss

up

and

wan

der

arou

nd

Frid

ay

nigh

t be

twee

n 9

pm

and

m

idni

ght

– th

e ju

dges

will

com

e to

you

. Th

ere’

s si

mpl

y on

e ru

le: e

ach

cost

ume

may

be

judg

ed o

nly

once

. In

oth

er w

ords

, you

can

’t en

ter

the

sam

e co

stum

e in

Sat

urda

y ni

ght’s

Mas

quer

ade

(det

ails

on

Page

19)

. Th

e ju

dges

will

giv

e ou

t th

ree

priz

es (

Bes

t A

dult

Cos

tum

e, B

est

Chi

ld /

Yout

h C

ostu

me,

and

Bes

t G

roup

Cos

tum

e) d

urin

g th

e in

term

issi

on a

t Sa

turd

ay n

ight

’s M

asqu

erad

e.

Your

bad

ge m

ust b

e cl

early

vis

ible

with

you

r cos

tum

e on

to b

e

elig

ible

for t

he H

all C

ostu

me

Cont

est.

Volu

ntee

r Ea

rly…

Vo

lunt

eer

Oft

en…

Ea

rn P

oint

s…

Get

Nea

t thi

ngs!

Ask

at t

he R

egis

trat

ion

Des

k ho

w y

ou, t

oo, c

an b

e an

ICO

N 3

2 vo

lunt

eer!

33

ROO

M P

ARTY

ON

….D

UD

E!

Seco

nd fl

oor

is th

e on

ly r

oom

-par

ty fl

oor

Part

y Fl

yers

: Pa

rty f

lyer

s ar

e al

low

ed t

o be

pos

ted

on a

ny b

ulle

tin b

oard

or

grid

in

the

hote

l. Th

ere

will

be

bulle

tin b

oard

s or

grid

on

the

seco

nd (

party

) flo

or, b

y pr

ogra

mm

ing,

by

the

Con

sui

te (

Room

s 23

4 &

236

), an

d in

oth

er h

igh

traf

fic a

reas

. Fly

ers

mus

t no

t be

pos

ted

on a

ny w

all s

urfa

ce o

f th

e ho

tel r

egar

dles

s of

the

wal

l‘s m

ater

ial.

Flye

rs a

re a

lso

not p

erm

itted

to b

e po

sted

in th

e el

evat

or.

All

sign

age

mus

t be

rem

oved

by

noon

on

Sund

ay.

A F

ew R

oom

Par

ty G

uide

lines

: 1.

The

Cora

lvill

e M

arrio

tt ha

s on

ly a

ppro

ved

the

seco

nd f

loor

for

ope

n ro

om

parti

es.

If yo

u ha

ve a

par

ty o

n an

othe

r flo

or...d

o so

at y

our

own

risk.

2.If

you

are

serv

ing

alco

holic

bev

erag

es, i

t is

you

r re

spon

sibi

lity

to c

heck

the

ID

of a

ny g

uest

req

uest

ing

alco

hol.

The

mag

ic d

ate

is N

ovem

ber

1, 1

986.

3.A

s th

e ho

st, i

t is

you

r re

spon

sibi

lity

to s

top

serv

ing

som

eone

if

you

feel

tha

t

they

hav

e ha

d m

ore

than

eno

ugh

to d

rink.

4.Re

mem

ber

ever

ythi

ng E

vil D

ave

said

abo

ut r

oom

par

ties

at O

peni

ng C

erem

o-ni

es.

If yo

u di

d no

t at

tend

Ope

ning

Cer

emon

ies…

sha

me

on y

ou…

now

go

find

an IC

ON

sec

urity

per

son

and

find

out w

hat E

vil D

ave

said

.

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou c

ateg

oriz

e ev

ery

hote

l you

sta

y in

acc

ordi

ng

to it

s co

n po

tent

ial.

ICO

N 3

2 is

und

er t

he

m

ana

gem

ent

and

sup

port

of

the M

ind

brid

ge

Foun

da

tion.

ww

w.m

ind

brid

ge.o

rg

Page 5

32

Febr

uary

22-

24, 2

008

@ T

he Io

wa

Mem

oria

l Uni

on –

Iow

a Ci

ty, I

A

ww

w.g

amic

on.o

rg

MO

ST E

VEN

TS A

RE

FREE

TO

PA

ID A

TTEN

DEE

S!

Boa

rd G

ames

• C

olle

ctib

le C

ard

Gam

es •

Rol

e-P

layi

ng G

ames

C

ard

Gam

es •

Fam

ily G

ames

• P

arty

Gam

es •

Gam

e D

eale

rs

Live

Auc

tion

• RP

GA

Eve

nts

• Min

iatu

res

Gam

es

Com

pute

r Gam

es •

Gam

e To

urna

men

ts •

Sud

oku

Tour

nam

ent

Don

't se

e yo

ur fa

vorit

e lis

ted?

Con

tact

us!

GU

ESTS

Fa

ntas

y Fl

ight

Gam

es

Fant

asy

Flig

ht P

ublis

hing

, Inc

. (w

ww

.fant

asyf

light

gam

es.c

om),

a co

rpor

a-tio

n w

ith o

ffice

s in

Ros

evill

e, M

inne

sota

, is

a le

adin

g pu

blis

her o

f boa

rd

gam

es, r

ole-

play

ing

gam

es a

nd c

ard

gam

es to

the

wor

ldw

ide

hobb

y m

ar-

ket.

FFG

’s p

rodu

cts

incl

ude

the

Lord

of t

he R

ings

boa

rd g

ames

(als

o de

-si

gned

by

Rei

ner K

nizi

a), t

he W

arcr

aft a

nd D

oom

boa

rd g

ames

, the

A

Gam

e of

Thr

ones

and

Cal

l of C

thul

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earn

to fl

y spa

cesh

ips i

n th

e Hon

orve

rse!

Sag

anam

i Isl

and

Tact

ical

Sim

ulat

or 2

nd

editi

on le

ts y

ou th

row

mis

sile

bro

adsi

des

at s

tupe

ndou

s ra

nges

, whi

le th

rust

ing

with

m

ind

num

bing

num

bers

of g

ees,

in a

free

-whe

elin

g co

rksc

rew

ing

fight

. In

3-D

! H

owev

er,

befo

re y

ou c

an f

end

off

the

Man

ticor

an P

luto

crat

s in

the

nam

e of

the

Peop

le's

Rep

ublic

, we

first

mus

t tea

ch y

ou g

unne

ry a

nd m

aneu

ver.

An

d fo

r th

at,

ther

e's

choc

olat

e. C

ome

blow

up

som

e ch

ocol

ates

, an

d w

hen

you'

ve

got t

he s

kills

, we'

ll le

t you

blo

w u

p so

me

stin

kin’

Man

ticor

an e

litis

t scu

mba

gs, i

n th

e na

me

of th

e R

evol

utio

n!

All m

ater

ials

will

be

prov

ided

, we'

ll be

teac

hing

the

gam

e on

site

. A

ges

12 a

nd u

p.

LIVE

-ACT

ION

RO

LEPL

AYIN

G

(LA

RPin

g)

Wee

kend

-Lon

g LA

RP: V

ampi

re: T

he M

asqu

erad

e

The

cons

tant

bat

tle b

etw

een

the

vam

pire

cla

ns f

or p

ower

and

pre

stig

e ha

s sp

illed

ove

r in

to I

CON

32'

s w

orld

. Va

mpi

res

from

all

over

are

cal

led

to m

eet

Nov

. 2-

4, 2

007

in

Cora

lvill

e, IA

. But

all

are

war

ned

to c

ome

aler

t an

d pr

epar

ed, f

or t

here

is n

o pr

omis

e of

sa

fe r

etur

n...o

r ev

en a

con

tinua

tion

of y

our

unde

ad li

fe.

This

wee

kend

-long

LA

RP w

ill a

ccep

t cu

rren

t O

ne W

orld

by

Nig

ht v

ampi

re p

laye

rs a

nd

prov

ide

char

acte

rs fo

r th

is-w

eeke

nd-o

nly

play

ers.

LA

RP

Hea

dqua

rter

s: C

lark

Roo

m

Initi

al M

eetin

g: 8

:30

pm –

Frid

ay, N

ovem

ber

2nd

(Aft

er O

peni

ng C

erem

onie

s an

d TI

CC

) H

ours

of

LAR

P:

Frid

ay 9

pm

unt

il M

idni

ght,

Satu

rday

Noo

n to

7 p

m

Clo

se o

f LA

RP

Mee

ting:

Sat

urda

y 7

pm

Vam

pire

: The

Mas

quer

ade

is d

evel

oped

by

Just

in A

chill

i. D

ark

Ages

: Va

mpi

re i

s de

velo

ped

by M

atth

ew M

cFar

land

. Cop

y-rig

hted

by

Whi

te W

olf.

Satu

rday

Afte

rnoo

n LA

RP: F

uzzi

es L

IVE!

– M

ovin

g D

ay

A LA

RP fo

r kid

s (a

nd k

id-to

lera

nt a

dults

)

The

gam

e is

"M

ovin

g Va

n."

It

is a

par

ody

of '

70s-

styl

e di

sast

er m

ovie

s (b

ut f

or s

oft

toys

). T

he v

an c

arry

ing

the

Fuss

y fa

mily

toy

s ha

s go

tten

lost

in a

mou

ntai

n st

orm

and

cr

ashe

d un

der

a tra

in b

ridge

nea

r a

ragi

ng r

iver

. T

he d

river

has

aba

ndon

ed t

he

wre

ck.

The

fuz

zies

mus

t es

cape

(an

d ac

com

plis

h th

eir

own

priv

ate

secr

et a

gend

as)

with

out b

reak

ing

the

Num

ber

One

Rul

e –

Don'

t allo

w h

uman

s to

kno

w y

ou a

re a

live.

LA

RP

Hea

dqua

rter

s: C

lark

Roo

m

Hou

rs o

f LA

RP:

Noo

n un

til 4

pm

on

Satu

rday

, Nov

embe

r 3r

d.

Page 9

28

It's

mor

e th

an b

ooks

on

tape

. P

rogr

am

lead

by

Dou

g H

amer

DA

GOBA

H Ga

me S

how

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 2 p

m

Com

e jo

in th

e D

aven

port

Are

a G

athe

ring

of B

ooks

and

Hum

anoi

ds (D

AGO

BAH

) for

th

is fu

n ga

me

show

. Di

d W

e Get

It R

ight

This

Year

? Bo

rlaug

– 2

pm

Tell

us w

hat

you

thin

k of

thi

s ye

ar’s

con

, th

e hi

gh p

oint

s an

d th

e lo

w.

Com

e ta

lk

with

our

fear

less

lead

er fo

r IC

ON

32

and

IC

ON

33

(an

d 2

1,

22

, an

d 2

8),

Gre

gg

Parm

entie

r.

Clos

ing C

erem

onie

s Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 3

pm

Th

ank

you

to J

ack

McD

evitt

, R

alph

J.

Rya

n, R

usty

Hev

elin

, an

d al

l at

tend

ees

for

join

ing

us f

or IC

ON

32

. Th

ank

you

to

the

ConC

om a

nd s

taff

for

mak

ing

it su

ch

a gr

eat

wee

kend

. M

ANY

than

ks t

o al

l th

e vo

lunt

eers

who

hel

ped

mak

e IC

ON

3

2 h

appe

n.

Now

, yo

u do

n’t

have

to

go

hom

e… b

ut y

ou c

an’t

stay

her

e.

(Wel

l, yo

u ca

n st

ay a

nd h

elp

us t

ake

thin

gs

dow

n an

d pu

t th

em a

way

– w

e’d

very

m

uch

appr

ecia

te t

hat,

and

you’

ll ea

rn

volu

ntee

r ho

urs

to b

oot!

Sig

n up

at

the

Volu

ntee

r D

esk.

)

Su

nd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou k

now

the

lyric

s to

“Ban

ned

from

Arg

o,”

“Hop

e Ey

rie,”

or th

e “M

oose

Son

g.”

Ben

efit

Auc

tion

Satu

rday

, Oak

dale

IV &

V –

5:3

0 pm

– D

urin

g th

e A

rt A

uctio

n B

enef

iting

Fou

r O

aks

Onc

e ag

ain,

ICO

N w

ill b

e ho

ldin

g an

(al

mos

t) N

o-M

inim

um B

id B

enef

it Au

ctio

n du

ring

the

Art A

uctio

n at

5:3

0 pm

on

Satu

rday

. (Th

e m

inim

um b

id is

act

ually

one

dol

lar.)

A

ll of

the

dona

ted

item

s w

ill b

e so

ld t

o be

nefit

Fou

r O

aks

in Io

wa

City

and

Ced

ar R

apid

s,

IA. F

our

Oak

s is

one

of

the

larg

est

not-f

or-p

rofit

, chi

ld w

elfa

re /

juv

enile

jus

tice

agen

cies

in

Iow

a, s

ervi

ng o

ver

7000

peo

ple

annu

ally

thr

ough

out

the

stat

e. F

our

Oak

s se

rvic

es a

re

focu

sed

on,

and

root

ed i

n, t

he f

amily

. Th

ey e

mpo

wer

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es t

o ac

hiev

e st

abili

ty, s

elf s

uffic

ienc

y an

d pe

rman

ency

. Ite

ms

that

are

bei

ng a

uctio

ned

can

be v

iew

ed a

s yo

u w

alk

into

the

ICO

N 3

2 A

rt Sh

ow

(Oak

dale

I).

Ite

ms

from

Art

in a

n H

our

will

be

adde

d to

the

auc

tion

tabl

e ar

ound

3 p

m

on S

atur

day.

IC

ON

wou

ld l

ike

to t

hank

all

who

don

ate

item

s to

the

ben

efit

auct

ion

and

all

who

pur

-ch

ase

item

s fro

m t

he b

enef

it au

ctio

n. A

stro

ng s

how

of

supp

ort

at t

he a

uctio

n he

lps

to

show

IC

ON

's

com

mun

ity

spiri

t of

ca

ring

and

conc

ern

tow

ards

su

ppor

ting

fam

ilies

th

roug

hout

Iow

a.

Ther

e ar

e al

so r

ubbe

r to

tes

by t

he b

enef

it au

ctio

n ta

ble

in t

he A

rt S

how

for

ite

ms

peop

le h

ave

brou

ght

to d

onat

e to

Fou

r O

aks

in l

ieu

of p

urch

asin

g ite

ms

from

the

be

nefit

auc

tion.

9

Dinn

er P

arty

from

Hel

l Oa

kdal

e II –

11

pm

Whi

ch o

f yo

ur f

avor

ite p

oten

tial

dinn

er

gues

ts s

houl

d ne

ver

be i

nvite

d to

the

sa

me

even

t?

Atte

ndee

s co

me

up w

ith

som

e da

nger

ous

com

bina

tions

fro

m h

is-

tory

. I

deas

sta

rted

by

Den

ny L

ynch

and

Ch

arle

s Pi

ehl.

Writ

ing S

ex S

cene

s Bo

rlaug

– 11

pm

At

tend

ees

unde

r ag

e 17

mus

t be

acc

ompa

-ni

ed b

y a

guar

dian

. E

xplo

re w

ritin

g fr

om

diff

eren

t ap

proa

ches

in

this

dis

cuss

ion

of v

ario

us w

ays

to w

rite

sex

scen

es –

ro

man

tic,

squi

cky,

te

chni

cal

(mus

cle

nam

es

and

all),

ca

mer

a-re

ady,

em

o-tio

nal-b

ut-in

dire

ct,

tent

acle

y, e

tc.

Thi

s w

ill b

e a

disc

ussi

on o

f w

ritin

g st

yle

and

rele

vant

to

both

prin

tfic

and

fan

fic.

Just

lik

e ra

ted-

R m

ovie

s, if

you

are

und

er 1

7

you

need

to

co

me

with

a

pare

nt

or

guar

dian

. D

iscu

ssio

n le

d by

Non

ie R

ider

an

d Te

rri P

ray.

Ar

t Sho

w W

ine a

nd C

hees

e Rec

eptio

n Oa

kdal

e I –

11:3

0 pm

M

eet

our

Artis

t G

uest

of

Hon

or, R

alph

J.

Rya

n, a

nd o

ur o

ther

art

ists

in

the

Art

Show

.

“Bed

time”

Sto

ries

Oakd

ale I

I – M

idni

ght

Com

e he

ar r

eade

rs o

f Po

e, L

ovec

raft

, an

d ot

her

clas

sic

horr

or

auth

ors

for

som

e be

dtim

e st

orie

s th

at w

ill le

ave

you

wal

king

the

hal

ls i

n pa

irs a

nd s

leep

ing

with

you

r lig

hts

on.

The

stor

ies

will

sta

rt

with

Den

ny L

ynch

rea

ding

"In

the

Vau

lt",

writ

ten

by H

. P. L

ovec

raft

, and

pub

lishe

d in

19

25

.

Frid

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

Hav

e yo

u en

tere

d th

e Vo

gon

Poet

ry c

onte

st y

et?

See,

see

the

shy

sky

Mar

vel a

t its

big

neo

n pi

nk d

epth

s.

Tell

me,

Sco

tt, d

o yo

u

Won

der w

hy th

e G

alat

hee

yeti

igno

res y

ou?

W

hy it

s foo

bly

star

e m

akes

you

feel

gro

ggy.

I c

an te

ll yo

u It

is w

orrie

d by

you

r sno

rtack

faci

al g

row

th

That

look

s lik

e ch

eese

. W

hat's

mor

e, it

kno

ws y

our r

ectif

ied

potti

ng sh

ed

Smel

ls o

f boo

gers

. Ev

eryt

hing

und

er th

e bi

g sh

y sk

y

Ask

s why

, why

do

you

even

bot

her?

Y

ou o

nly

char

m ro

tten

fish.

Get

mor

e de

tails

and

you

r en

try fo

rm a

t the

ICO

N 3

2 Re

gist

ratio

n D

esk!

Dead

line 5

pm

Sat

urda

y ● R

etur

n co

mpl

eted

entry

form

s to t

he R

egist

ratio

n De

sk

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou h

ave

pres

iden

tial c

ampa

ign

butto

ns fo

r Ct

hulh

u, P

icar

d an

d Pa

poon

.

Page 10

10

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou c

onsi

der c

hees

y po

ofs

as p

art o

f the

food

pyr

amid

.

Read

ings

Be

nson

– Th

roug

hout

the c

on

Hea

r w

riter

s re

ad a

nd d

iscu

ss t

heir

own

wor

ks; c

heck

out

the

Poc

ket

Prog

ram

to

see

who

is r

eadi

ng a

nd w

hen.

Fa

nzin

es in

the L

ibra

ry

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 10

am

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Io

wa

is h

ome

to a

sig

-ni

fican

t co

llect

ion

of f

anzi

nes

– l

earn

ho

w th

ey d

evel

oped

ove

r th

e ye

ars.

Fac

-ul

ty a

nd s

tude

nts

from

the

Dep

artm

ent

of E

nglis

h w

ill d

iscu

ss h

ow t

hese

zin

es

are

bein

g pr

eser

ved

and

used

, an

d ho

w

we

can

mak

e th

em m

ore

acce

ssib

le a

nd

appr

ecia

ted.

Tak

e a

light

hear

ted

jour

ney

thro

ugh

the

hist

ory

of f

ando

m.

Prog

ram

by

Gre

g Pr

ickm

an,

Spec

ial

Colle

ctio

ns

Libr

aria

n U

nive

rsity

of I

owa.

M

orni

ng Yo

ga

Oakd

ale I

I – 1

0 am

In

stru

ctor

H

. D

iann

e H

amm

eran

d w

ill

lea

d

pa

rtic

ipa

nts

in

b

egi

nn

ing/

inte

rmed

iate

yo

ga,

usin

g as

anas

an

d pr

anay

ama.

Pl

ease

brin

g a

tow

el a

nd a

fa

ce c

loth

, an

d w

ear

com

fort

able

loo

se

clot

hing

. Ho

w to

Par

ticip

ate i

n /

Mod

erat

e a P

anel

Bo

rlaug

– 10

am

Ve

tera

n pa

nelis

ts d

iscu

ss t

he t

ricks

of

the

trad

e fo

r be

ing

an e

ffec

tive

pane

l m

embe

r or

mod

erat

or,

and

offe

r w

ords

of

wis

dom

on

thin

gs t

o av

oid

whi

le s

erv-

ing

on a

pan

el.

Lear

n fr

om IC

ON

25

Fan

G

oH O

rang

e M

ike

Low

rey.

M

indb

ridge

Mee

ting

Bens

on –

10 a

m

Min

dbrid

ge,

the

won

derf

ul o

rgan

izat

ion

that

sp

onso

rs

ICO

N,

Gam

icon

, an

d An

imeI

owa,

will

mee

t to

dis

cuss

cur

rent

an

d fu

ture

pro

ject

s.

Robe

rt A.

Hei

nlei

n Ce

nten

nial

Oa

kdal

e II –

11

am

July

7,

20

07

mar

ked

the

birt

h ce

nten

-ni

al o

f Am

eric

an a

utho

r, N

aval

Off

icer

, fu

turis

t, ph

iloso

pher

and

spa

cefli

ght

ad-

voca

te

Rob

ert

A.

Hei

nlei

n.

Join

Ja

ck

McD

evitt

, D

enny

Lyn

ch,

Rus

ty H

evel

in,

Ora

nge

Mik

e Lo

wre

y, a

nd J

ohn

Pers

hing

as

the

y sp

end

som

e tim

e re

flect

ing

on

the

man

tha

t w

as R

ober

t A.

Hei

nlei

n,

and

his

lega

cy.

W

ritin

g Fan

fictio

n Bo

rlaug

– 11

am

Fa

nfic

tion

is a

com

mon

ter

m f

or f

ictio

n ab

out

char

acte

rs o

r se

ttin

gs o

f an

orig

i-na

l w

ork

writ

ten

by f

ans

of t

hat

wor

k,

rath

er t

han

by t

he o

rigin

al c

reat

ors.

Thi

s w

ork

is u

sual

ly n

ot c

omm

issi

oned

by

the

orig

inal

cre

ator

s an

d is

usu

ally

not

pro

-fe

ssio

nally

pub

lishe

d. D

o yo

u w

rite

fan-

fic

tion?

W

ant

to w

rite

fanf

ictio

n?

Join

th

is d

iscu

ssio

n ab

out

way

s of

app

roac

h-in

g a

char

acte

r, s

uitin

g yo

ur p

rose

sty

le

to t

he m

ood

of t

he s

how

(or

not

), th

e ad

vant

ages

of

vario

us p

oint

of

view

s,

etc.

M

oder

ated

by

Non

ie R

ider

and

Lor

i Pa

tton

. Ar

t Sho

w To

ur

Oakd

ale I

– 11

am

Join

our

Art

ist

Gue

st o

f H

onor

, R

alph

J.

Rya

n, a

s he

intr

oduc

es u

s to

thi

s ye

ar’s

Ar

t Sho

w.

(C

ontin

ued

on p

age

12)

27

who

may

be

m

embe

rs

of

the

Inte

rna-

tiona

l Co

stum

ers'

G

uild

). Al

so:

Hall

Cos-

tum

e –

Thes

e ar

e co

stum

es d

esig

ned

to

be w

orn

whi

le t

he w

eare

r at

tend

s th

e co

nven

tion,

rat

her

than

jus

t fo

r th

e fo

r-m

al p

rese

ntat

ion.

LARP

– A

LAR

P (L

.A.R

.P, l

arp)

is a

Liv

e Ac

-tio

n R

ole

Play

ing

Gam

e. I

t's l

ike

a fr

ee-

form

mov

ie w

here

pla

yers

are

th

e ac

-tr

esse

s an

d ac

tors

. W

hile

the

re is

no

set

scrip

t, pl

ayer

s ar

e gi

ven

a br

ief

char

acte

r hi

stor

y, a

cha

ract

er n

ame

badg

e, i

tem

s,

curr

ency

, an

d an

y ga

me

piec

es n

eces

-sa

ry

(dic

e,

penc

il,

char

acte

r st

atis

tics)

. Th

ere

is n

o ph

ysic

al c

onta

ct a

nd c

omba

t is

don

e by

dic

e ro

lls o

r ro

ck,

pape

r, sc

is-

sors

.

Mun

dane

s –

Thos

e w

ho a

re n

ot f

ans

are

term

ed

"mun

dane

s."

Mun

dane

s ar

e th

ose

who

live

in t

he "

real

wor

ld"

outs

ide

the

soci

al a

nd p

sych

olog

ical

bou

ndar

ies

of f

ando

m.

The

Mun

dane

Wor

ld (

ofte

n te

rmed

"M

unda

nia"

or

"Mun

denm

ark"

) is

th

e an

tithe

sis

of

fand

om;

if sc

ienc

e fic

tion

an

d fa

ntas

y ar

e "e

scap

e lit

erat

ure,

" th

en i

t is

fro

m t

he M

unda

ne

Wor

ld

that

re

ader

s es

cape

. Ty

pica

l M

unda

ne

reac

tions

to

fa

ndom

in

volv

e be

wild

erm

ent,

shoc

k,

pani

c fli

ght,

or

cata

toni

a. M

unda

nes

may

som

etim

es b

e fo

und

won

derin

g am

ongs

t Fe

n at

Con

s –

do

not

tau

nt t

he M

unda

nes.

D

o no

t fe

ed

the

Mun

dane

s.

Mar

ry a

Mun

dane

onl

y w

ith e

xtre

me

care

.

Nebu

la A

ward

– T

he N

ebul

a is

an

awar

d gi

ven

each

yea

r by

the

Sci

ence

Fic

tion

and

Fant

asy

Writ

ers

of A

mer

ica

(SFW

A),

for

the

best

sci

ence

fict

ion/

fant

asy

fictio

n pu

blis

hed

in t

he U

nite

d St

ates

dur

ing

the

two

prev

ious

yea

rs.

Regi

stra

tion

– T

he

first

th

ing

ever

y co

n

atte

ndee

sea

rche

s fo

r is

the

Reg

istr

atio

n ta

ble(

s).

Her

e,

volu

ntee

rs

chec

k pr

e-re

gist

ered

att

ende

es (o

r tak

e m

oney

from

at

-the-

door

reg

istr

ants

) an

d is

sue

the

all-

impo

rtan

t co

n ba

dge

and

regi

stra

tion

in-

form

atio

n (in

clud

ing,

at

le

ast,

the

Pro-

gram

Boo

k an

d Po

cket

Pro

gram

). R

egis

-tr

atio

n al

so a

cts

as a

ner

ve-c

ente

r fo

r m

ost

cons

; if

you

need

so

met

hing

(o

r so

meo

ne)

and

don'

t kn

ow w

here

to

go,

Reg

istr

atio

n is

us

ually

a

safe

st

artin

g po

int.

Room

Par

ties

– In

a f

ine

old

trad

ition

of

fann

ish

hosp

italit

y,

a pe

rson

or

gr

oup

(oft

en a

fan

clu

b) w

ill t

hrow

ope

n hi

s/he

r/th

eir

hote

l ro

om f

or a

nig

ht's

par

ty.

Snac

ks a

nd d

rinks

are

usu

ally

pro

vide

d –

ra

ngin

g fr

om a

few

bag

s of

pot

ato

chip

s an

d so

das

from

the

hot

el c

oke

mac

hine

, to

la

vish

sp

read

s in

volv

ing

tabl

e up

on

tabl

e of

exo

tic f

ood

and

drin

k. U

sual

ly,

Roo

m P

artie

s ar

e "o

pen"

- i.e

. any

one

can

atte

nd –

and

are

ind

icat

ed b

y an

ope

n do

or,

or

a si

gn

on

a do

or

part

ially

pr

oppe

d op

en.

If

the

door

is

clos

ed,

it is

n’t a

n “o

pen”

par

ty.

SF –

Sho

rten

ed f

orm

of

"sci

ence

fic

tion,

" th

is i

s ge

nera

lly t

he p

refe

rred

sho

rtha

nd

term

in

the

scie

nce

fictio

n co

mm

unity

. "S

ci-fi

," m

ore

com

mon

in

th

e po

pula

r cu

lture

, is

a

term

co

ined

by

Fo

rry

Acke

rman

to

soun

d lik

e "h

i-fi."

Also

: SF

&F –

Sci

ence

fict

ion

and

fant

asy.

SMOF

– M

ove

on t

o th

e ne

xt e

ntry

. T

here

is

no

such

thin

g.

Zine

– S

hort

for

"m

agaz

ine,

" bu

t en

com

-pa

sses

le

ss

form

al

prin

ted

SF-re

late

d pu

blic

atio

ns.

Ther

e ar

e fa

nzin

es,

proz

i-ne

s, s

emip

rozi

nes,

filz

ines

, an

d w

e ev

en

have

a m

ezza

nine

.

Imp

ort

an

t C

on

Te

rms

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26

Art

Show

– A

t m

any

conv

entio

ns,

this

is

sim

ilar

to a

gal

lery

sho

win

g of

art

, w

ith

the

adde

d ad

vant

age

that

if

you

see

som

ethi

ng y

ou li

ke,

you

can

ofte

n bu

y it.

Th

e ar

twor

k in

thi

s ca

se c

an b

e ev

ery-

thin

g fr

om s

mal

l 3

-D f

igur

ines

or

jew

elry

to

lar

ge,

dram

atic

oil

pain

tings

orig

inal

ly

done

as

book

cov

ers.

Badg

e –

Fan

-run

sc

ienc

e fic

tion

conv

en-

tions

do

not

prov

ide

ticke

ts t

o a

show

. In

stea

d, f

ans

are

"mem

bers

" of

the

con

-ve

ntio

n as

a w

hole

. Bad

ges

are

prov

ided

to

all

of a

con

vent

ion'

s m

embe

rs, a

nd t

he

badg

es id

entif

y th

e m

embe

r an

d pr

ovid

e ac

cess

to th

e co

nven

tion

itsel

f.

Con

– F

ansp

eak

for

"con

vent

ion"

: a

gath

-er

ing

of f

ans,

pro

s, a

nd o

ther

s, t

o ta

lk

abou

t sc

ienc

e fic

tion,

fan

tasy

, an

d fa

n-do

m, a

mon

g ot

her

thin

gs.

ConC

om –

Con

cate

natio

n of

"c

onve

ntio

n co

mm

ittee

," th

ese

are

the

volu

ntee

rs

who

org

aniz

e, p

lan,

and

run

the

act

ual

conv

entio

n.

Con

Suite

– A

roo

m o

r ro

oms,

ope

n to

all

con

atte

ndee

s, a

nd u

sual

ly s

tock

ed w

ith

basi

c m

unch

ies

and

drin

ks (n

onal

coho

lic,

now

aday

s).

The

Con

Sui

te i

s a

plac

e to

ha

ng o

ut,

to e

nter

into

con

vers

atio

n w

ith

othe

r fa

ns, t

o re

fres

h on

esel

f in

bet

wee

n pr

ogra

m it

ems.

Cudd

le S

quad

– A

dep

artm

ent

atte

mpt

ing

to r

elie

ve t

he s

tres

s le

vels

of

volu

ntee

rs

and

staf

f th

roug

h th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

ch

ocol

ate,

bac

k ru

bs, a

nd g

entle

wor

ds.

Deal

ers r

oom

– S

hopp

ing?

We

have

sho

p-pi

ng!

The

deal

ers

room

is f

ull o

f ve

ndor

s se

lling

boo

ks,

mus

ic,

artw

ork,

cl

othi

ng,

jew

elry

, an

d ot

her

artif

acts

of

a sc

ienc

e fic

tion/

fant

asy-

ish

natu

re.

Fan

– A

per

son

who

enj

oys

scie

nce

fic-

tion,

fan

tasy

, an

d re

late

d lit

erat

ure,

film

, te

levi

sion

, art

, mus

ic, e

tc. a

nd e

ngag

es in

an

y of

a n

umbe

r of

soc

ial

activ

ities

with

ot

hers

of

the

sam

e be

nt. (

A pa

rtic

ipan

t in

fa

ndom

.) If

you'

re r

eadi

ng t

his

glos

sary

, it

mig

ht b

e yo

u. A

lso: f

en –

The

plu

ral o

f fa

n.

Also

: fan

nish

– O

f or

rel

atin

g to

fan

s an

d fa

ndom

.

Fand

om –

The

gro

up o

f pe

ople

inv

olve

d in

va

rious

fan

nish

act

iviti

es r

elat

ing

to s

ci-

ence

fic

tion

and

fant

asy

liter

atur

e, f

ilm,

tele

visi

on, a

rt, m

usic

, etc

.

Filk

–

Fan

nish

m

usic

, ty

pica

lly

voca

l, w

hich

is o

ften

a p

arod

y of

exi

stin

g m

usic

. Fi

lk m

ay c

onsi

st o

f pu

ttin

g ne

w w

ords

to

fam

iliar

tun

es,

or i

t m

ay b

e th

e ge

nera

l pe

rfor

man

ce o

f m

usic

with

a b

alla

d-lik

e st

ory

line

at a

fan

nish

eve

nt.

The

term

is

deriv

ed fr

om a

dec

ades

-old

typo

. It s

tuck

.

Goph

er –

One

of

th

e w

onde

rful

pe

ople

w

ho,

arriv

ing

at a

con

vent

ion,

see

s th

at

the

conv

entio

n ha

s ne

eds

and

volu

ntee

rs

to h

elp.

All

ICO

Ns

are

run

by v

olun

teer

s,

and

we

real

ly, r

eally

nee

d ou

r go

pher

s! If

th

is s

ound

s lik

e fu

n (it

is!

), pl

ease

con

-si

der

volu

ntee

ring

to h

elp

us o

ut.

GoH

– T

he G

uest

of

Hon

or o

f a

conv

en-

tion;

oft

en,

ther

e is

mor

e th

an o

ne G

oH

at a

con

vent

ion.

The

se a

re i

ndiv

idua

ls

who

hav

e be

en in

vite

d by

the

con

vent

ion

to a

tten

d an

d to

allo

w t

he c

onve

ntio

n to

ce

lebr

ate

thei

r w

ork

and

cont

ribut

ions

in

any

of a

num

ber

of a

reas

. C

onve

ntio

ns

may

hon

or d

iffer

ent

"kin

ds"

of G

oHs:

pro

-fe

ssio

nal,

fan,

art

ist,

edito

r, e

tc.

Mas

quer

ade

– A

pre

sent

atio

n of

cos

tum

es

desi

gned

with

sci

ence

fic

tion

and

fant

asy

them

es a

nd r

epre

sent

ing

varie

d sk

ill l

ev-

els

(fro

m c

hild

ren

to "

Mas

ter"

cos

tum

ers

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ort

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t C

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