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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

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

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

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

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

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ht b

e a

fan

if… y

our k

inde

rgar

tner

has

read

mor

e bo

oks

than

his

or h

er te

ache

r. 2

9

Spac

eshi

p C

omb

at in

the

H

onor

Har

ring

ton

Uni

vers

e!

Gam

e Dem

o: S

atur

day 4

pm

to 8

pm

• C

hapm

an-C

att R

oom

Co

me l

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.

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

.

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

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

Imp

ort

an

t C

on

Te

rms

11

12

Amtg

ard

Exhi

bitio

n Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 1

1:30

Am

tgar

d is

a

live-

actio

n fa

ntas

y ro

le

play

ing

and

boff

er c

omba

t ga

me.

Th

e fig

hter

s fr

om D

uchy

Oly

mpu

s, lo

cate

d in

Ce

dar

Rap

ids,

Iow

a, w

ill b

e do

ing

an e

x-hi

bitio

n fig

ht a

s w

ell

as d

emon

stra

ting

the

diff

eren

t w

eapo

ns u

sed

in A

mtg

ard-

styl

e fig

htin

g.

Dr. P

hil S

prin

ger’s

Sho

w Oa

kdal

e II –

Noo

n Fi

rst

ther

e w

as

Jerr

y Sp

ringe

r.

Th

en

ther

e w

as D

r. P

hil.

Now

the

re is

Dr.

Phi

l Sp

ringe

r.

Ex

plod

ing

ange

r,

brut

al

at-

tack

s, d

eath

thr

eats

... s

ound

s lik

e th

e be

havi

or o

f a

hard

ened

crim

inal

. B

ut

wha

t ha

ppen

s w

hen

thes

e vi

olen

t ra

ges

com

e fr

om y

our

own

spou

se?

Dr.

Phi

l Sp

ringe

r's g

uest

s ar

e hu

man

s w

ho s

ay

they

can

not

cont

rol

thei

r sp

ouse

's d

an-

gero

us b

ehav

ior

and

are

afra

id f

or t

heir

lives

. J

oin

us f

or “

I m

arrie

d a

Klin

gon.

Audi

ence

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

is

man

dato

ry.

Res

ista

nce

is fu

tile.

Pros

& C

ons o

f Writ

ers'

Gro

ups

Borla

ug –

Noon

D

iscu

ss is

sues

abo

ut w

ritin

g w

orks

hops

: W

ill

a w

orks

hop

bene

fit

you?

Wha

t sh

ould

you

look

for

in a

gro

up?

How

can

yo

u fin

d on

e th

at w

ill h

elp

you

deve

lop

as a

writ

er?

Whe

n sh

ould

you

lea

ve a

gr

oup?

Jo

in o

ur A

utho

r G

uest

of

Hon

or

Jack

McD

evitt

, M

icke

y Zu

cker

Rei

cher

t, an

d Te

rri P

ray

for

som

e an

swer

s.

Wha

t’s G

ood

on TV

? Be

nson

– No

on

Doc

tor

Who

, Ba

ttles

tar

Gal

actic

a,

He-

roes

, Los

t and

man

y m

ore

– s

cien

ce f

ic-

tion

is o

n te

levi

sion

mor

e th

an e

ver

be-

fore

. Co

me

disc

uss

your

fav

orite

sho

ws,

w

hat

they

do

right

and

wro

ng,

and

wha

t to

exp

ect

from

the

m i

n th

e fu

ture

. D

is-

cuss

ion

led

by S

cott

Sm

ith.

The D

resd

en Fi

les

Oakd

ale I

I – 1

pm

D

iscu

ssio

n ab

out

the

book

s, t

he s

how

an

d th

e D

resd

en

Rol

e Pl

ayin

g ga

me

(wh

ich

is

S

TILL

u

nd

er

de

velo

p-

men

t.) P

erce

ived

inco

nsis

tenc

ies

will

be

reve

aled

an

d de

bunk

ed.

D

iscu

ssio

n le

ad b

y Ev

il Fl

uffy

Dav

e.

Mee

t Ral

ph J.

Rya

n Bo

rlaug

– 1

pm

Com

e m

eet

our

Artis

t G

uest

of

Hon

or,

Ral

ph J

. Rya

n.

Lear

n ab

out

his

art

styl

e an

d in

spira

tion,

an

d ge

nera

lly

get

to

know

Ral

ph b

ette

r.

SCA

Dem

o Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 1

:30

pm

The

Soci

ety

for

Crea

tive

Anac

hron

ism

(S

CA)

is

an

inte

rnat

iona

l or

gani

zatio

n de

dica

ted

to r

esea

rchi

ng a

nd r

e-cr

eatin

g th

e ar

ts a

nd s

kills

of

pre-

17

th-c

entu

ry

Euro

pe.

Citi

zens

of

the

Shire

of

Shad

-ow

dale

sha

re t

he v

ario

us a

spec

ts o

f th

e SC

A.

Belly

Dan

ce P

erfo

rman

ce

Oakd

ale I

I – 2

pm

Th

e An

cien

t R

hyth

ms

Dan

ce E

nsem

ble

and

Trou

pe R

akse

t al

-Neh

ri (D

ance

rs o

f th

e R

iver

). N

ear-

East

ern

danc

e co

mes

fr

om m

any

area

s: N

orth

ern

Afric

a, th

e

(Con

tinue

d on

pag

e 13

)

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou'v

e ev

er b

een

in a

bar

, set

dow

n yo

ur d

rink

an

d he

ld u

p yo

ur h

and

and

said

“Sm

oooo

oooo

oooo

oooo

th!!!”

2

5

term

ve

ry

loos

ely)

w

ill

be

anno

unce

d he

re a

nd r

ead

alou

d –

like

it o

r no

t. W

e re

com

men

d, if

you

mus

t att

end,

brin

ging

ea

rplu

gs a

nd e

ar m

uffs

, and

wra

ppin

g a

tow

el a

roun

d yo

ur h

ead

to s

hiel

d yo

ur

ears

.

Judg

es:

Cica

tric

e du

Ve

ritas

an

d D

enny

Lyn

ch.

the g

reat

Luke

Ski

Oa

kdal

e II –

1pm

At

Dra

gon*

Con

20

04

, D

r. D

emen

to d

e-cl

ared

“th

e gr

eat

Luke

Ski

” to

be

his

ra-

dio

prog

ram

’s “

Mos

t R

eque

sted

Art

ist

of

the

21

st C

entu

ry”.

Sin

ce t

hen,

Luk

e ha

s he

ld o

nto

that

titl

e by

hav

ing

a so

ng

with

in t

he t

op f

ive

of “

The

Dr.

Dem

ento

Sh

ow’s

” ye

ar-e

nd

“Fun

ny

25″

coun

t-do

wn

of h

is m

ost

requ

este

d so

ngs

of

the

year

for

fiv

e ye

ars

in a

row

. His

son

g p

aro

die

s,

orig

inal

s,

stan

d-u

p

and

sket

ches

abo

ut p

op c

ultu

re p

heno

men

a ha

ve m

ade

him

a f

avor

ite p

erfo

rmer

at

scie

nce-

fictio

n an

d fa

ndom

con

vent

ions

al

l acr

oss

the

Mid

wes

t and

bey

ond.

SF

/ Fa

ntas

y Rad

io

Borla

ug –

1 pm

Yo

u've

re

ad

the

book

an

d se

en

the

mov

ie,

are

ther

e ot

her

way

s of

enj

oyin

g yo

ur f

avor

ite s

torie

s? H

ow a

bout

aud

io?

From

the

Gol

den

Age

of R

adio

to

the

pres

ent,

fant

asy

and

scie

nce

fictio

n ha

ve b

een

stap

les

of a

udio

. H

ear

sam

-pl

es o

f di

ffer

ent

full

cast

pr

oduc

tions

an

d ta

lk a

bout

col

lect

ing

audi

o tr

acks

. (C

ontin

ued

on p

age

28)

Su

nd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… re

ferr

ing

to ta

king

the

“blu

e pi

ll” h

as n

othi

ng

To d

o w

ith e

rect

ile d

ysfu

nctio

n.

“It

was

a d

ark

and

stor

my

nigh

t; th

e ra

in f

ell

in

torr

ents

– e

xcep

t at

occ

asio

nal

inte

rval

s, w

hen

it w

as

chec

ked

by a

vio

lent

gus

t of w

ind

whi

ch s

wep

t up

the

stre

ets

(for

it is

in L

ondo

n th

at o

ur s

cene

lies

), ra

ttlin

g al

ong

the

hous

etop

s, a

nd f

ierc

ely

agita

ting

the

scan

ty

flam

e of

th

e la

mps

th

at

stru

ggle

d ag

ains

t th

e

da

rkne

ss.”

-E

dwar

d G

eorg

e Ea

rle

Bulw

er-L

ytto

n

Pau

l Clif

ford

(183

0)

Thin

k y

ou

ca

n d

o b

ett

er?

Then

ent

er th

e B

ulw

er-L

ytto

n Fi

ctio

n C

onte

st

Furt

her d

etai

ls a

nd e

ntry

form

s ca

n be

foun

d at

the

Reg

istr

atio

n D

esk.

D

eadl

ine

5 pm

Sat

urda

y

24

Mid

wes

t Fre

e Co

mm

unity

Pap

ers

Co

rpo

rate

Sp

on

sor

Me

mb

er

Sp

on

sor

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e Sc

hrad

er

one-

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inar

on

ever

ythi

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h sc

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y fo

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as f

or c

alcu

latin

g en

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ts t

o or

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– a

nd g

ive

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for

wha

t th

ose

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ally

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ean!

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d, a

s an

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e'll

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latin

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atio

n!

Basic

SF L

ibra

ry

Oakd

ale I

I – N

oon

Wha

t ar

e th

e bo

oks

that

ev

eryo

ne

shou

ld h

ave

in t

heir

scie

nce-

fictio

n li-

brar

y?

The

ones

th

at

are

mos

t ou

t-st

andi

ng in

and

for

mat

ive

of t

heir

field

?

This

is a

gre

at o

ne f

or e

xpan

ding

eve

ry-

one’

s lib

rarie

s.

Join

thi

s op

en d

iscu

s-si

on a

nd b

e pr

epar

ed t

o su

ppor

t yo

ur

choi

ces.

Se

ssio

n le

d by

Rus

ty H

evel

in,

Ora

nge

Mik

e Lo

wre

y, E

ric O

ppen

, an

d R

odne

y R

uff.

The P

hysic

s of G

loba

l War

min

g Bo

rlaug

– No

on

Ever

ybod

y ta

lks

abou

t gl

obal

war

min

g,

but

nobo

dy

expl

ains

ho

w

it ac

tual

ly

wor

ks.

In f

act,

the

atm

osph

eric

gre

en-

hous

e ef

fect

was

firs

t de

tect

ed i

n th

e 1

85

0's

an

d co

rrec

tly

expl

aine

d te

n ye

ars

late

r. T

his

pane

l w

ill e

xpla

in t

he

rele

vant

phe

nom

ena

of b

lack

body

tem

-pe

ratu

re,

optic

al d

epth

, an

d ad

iaba

tic

laps

e ra

te in

laym

an's

ter

ms.

Pr

esen

ta-

tion

by P

eter

Wez

eman

. Vo

gon

Poet

ry C

onte

st R

esul

ts

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 1 p

m

Vogo

n Po

etry

is

poet

ry n

orm

ally

writ

ten

by t

he V

ogon

s, a

n al

ien

race

in D

ougl

as

Adam

’s T

he H

itchh

iker

’s G

uide

to

the

Gal

axy.

Ac

cord

ing

to T

he G

uide

: “Vo

gon

poet

ry is

of

cour

se t

he t

hird

wor

st in

the

U

nive

rse.

” I

t is

sai

d lis

teni

ng t

o Vo

gon

poet

ry i

s an

exp

erie

nce

sim

ilar

to t

or-

ture

. I

CO

N w

ants

you

to

give

it

a tr

y.

Writ

e yo

ur b

est

vers

ion

of V

ogon

poe

try

(whi

ch w

ill b

e pl

ain

in c

ompa

rison

to

that

of

the

true

aut

hors

, be

caus

e m

ost

of t

he a

tten

dees

of

ICO

N a

re m

ere

hu-

man

s) o

n an

ent

ry f

orm

ava

ilabl

e at

the

R

egis

trat

ion

Des

k.

Ret

urn

the

form

to

the

sam

e pl

ace

no la

ter

than

5 p

m S

at-

urda

y.

The

win

ners

(an

d w

e us

e th

at

(Con

tinue

d on

pag

e 25

)

Su

nd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

13

Arab

ian

Peni

nsul

a,

Turk

ey

and

othe

r co

untr

ies

arou

nd t

he G

ulf.

Folk

dan

ces

from

thos

e co

untr

ies

have

bee

n in

corp

o-ra

ted

with

mod

ern

danc

e st

yles

to

be-

com

e th

e va

rious

be

lly

danc

e st

yles

se

en a

ll ov

er th

e w

orld

toda

y.

Ales

, Por

ters

, and

Mea

ds...

Oh

My

Borla

ug –

2 pm

So

you

wan

t to

kno

w h

ow t

o ho

meb

rew

?

Bre

win

g is

eas

y an

d fu

n, a

nd w

e’ll

an-

swer

tho

se p

esky

que

stio

ns y

ou’v

e al

-w

ays

been

mea

ning

to

ask.

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om t

he

sim

ples

t m

ead

to t

he m

ost

delu

xe b

eer

mad

e w

ith m

any

diff

eren

t in

gred

ient

s,

the

basi

cs o

f ho

me

brew

ing

are

easy

. W

e’ll

talk

ab

out

star

tup

cost

s,

equi

p-m

ent,

sp

ace

requ

irem

ents

, an

d of

co

urse

how

to

brew

. C

ome

and

join

the

ho

me

brew

rev

olut

ion!

Th

e fo

unde

rs o

f Ba

tch

One

Brew

ing

will

be

glad

to

an-

swer

any

que

stio

ns y

ou h

ave.

Ar

t in

an H

our

Bens

on –

2 pm

W

atch

our

att

endi

ng a

rtis

ts a

s th

ey c

ol-

labo

rate

on

one

or m

ore

piec

es o

f ar

t th

at w

ill b

e do

nate

d to

the

Ben

efit

Art

Auct

ion,

w

hich

is

he

ld

durin

g th

e Ar

t Au

ctio

n (S

atur

day

5:3

0 p

m,

Oak

dale

IV

& V

, see

pag

e 1

6).

See

the

crea

tive

pro-

cess

an

d de

cide

w

hich

on

e-of

-a-k

ind

orig

inal

you

wou

ld l

ike

to

take

ho

me

with

you

. W

hose

Con

Is It

Any

way?

Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 3

pm

A

fann

ish

vers

ion

of t

he s

how

Who

’s

Line

Is It

Any

way

? C

ome

enjo

y an

hou

r of

lau

ghin

g an

d w

atch

ing

frie

nds,

lov

ed

ones

, an

d to

tal

stra

nger

s m

ake

fool

s of

th

emse

lves

, ju

st

to

mak

e yo

u la

ugh.

H

oste

d by

Bet

h W

heel

er.

Al

ien

Pale

onto

logy

Oa

kdal

e II –

3 p

m

Wha

t ar

e ou

r ch

ance

s of

fin

ding

th

e bo

nes

of p

revi

ous

spac

e tr

avel

ers,

inte

l-lig

ent

or o

ther

wis

e, h

ere

or i

n ou

r ow

n tr

avel

s?

How

lon

g m

ight

suc

h na

tura

l re

cord

s be

pre

serv

ed?

How

man

y pr

is-

tine

wor

lds

mig

ht a

lread

y be

con

tam

i-na

ted?

W

hat

ques

tions

abo

ut e

volu

tion

mig

ht a

lien

foss

ils a

nsw

er?

Dis

cuss

ion

led

by J

ack

McD

evitt

, Mic

key

Zuck

er R

ei-

(Con

tinue

d on

pag

e 15

)

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

Sam

’s D

ot P

ublis

hing

Pu

blis

hing

Sci

ence

Fic

tion,

Fant

asy,

and

Hor

ror s

ince

200

2 N

ovel

s, A

ntho

logi

es, M

agaz

ines

, and

Cha

pboo

ks

ww

w.sa

msd

otpu

blis

hing

.com

L

ocat

ed in

Ced

ar R

apid

s, IA

Vi

sit

our

tabl

e in

the

ICO

N 3

2

D

eale

rs’ R

oom

14

2

3

ICO

N A

rt S

how

200

7 W

elco

me,

Ra

lph

J.Ry

an,

Art

ist G

oH!

Art S

how

Pro

gram

min

g:

Frid

ay

Ope

ning

Cer

emon

ies:

7 p

m –

Cor

al D

W

ine

& C

hees

e R

ecep

tion:

11

pm –

Oak

dale

I

Satu

rday

To

ur o

f the

Art

Sho

w: 1

1 am

– O

akda

le I

Mee

t Ral

ph J

. Rya

n: 1

pm

– B

orla

ug

Art

in a

n H

our:

2 pm

– B

enso

n G

oH S

peec

hes:

4 p

m –

Oak

dale

IV &

V

Art

Auc

tion:

5:3

0 pm

– O

akda

le IV

& V

Su

nday

C

losi

ng C

erem

onie

s: 3

pm

– O

akda

le IV

& V

W

inni

ng-b

id b

adge

num

bers

and

nam

es w

ill b

e po

sted

out

-si

de t

he a

rt sh

ow a

roun

d 10

pm o

n Sa

turd

ay.

Plea

se c

heck

th

e lis

t for

you

r nu

mbe

r an

d be

sur

e to

pic

k up

and

pay

for

yo

ur a

rt be

fore

noo

n on

Sun

day.

Tha

nk y

ou!

Art

Sho

w

Hou

rs

The

Art

Show

is

loca

ted

in O

akda

le I

Frid

ay

Noo

n-5

pm

Arti

st C

heck

-In

3 pm

-6 p

m

Art

Show

Ope

n A

fter

Wyl

de N

ept

Win

e &

Che

ese

Re

cept

ion

Satu

rday

9

am

Art

Show

Ope

ns

For

Dea

lers

Onl

y 10

am

A

rt Sh

ow O

pens

5

pm

Art

Show

Clo

ses

5:30

pm

A

rt A

uctio

n B

egin

s-

Oak

dale

IV &

V

Sund

ay

9 am

-Noo

n B

uyer

Pic

kup

Noo

n-3

pm

Arti

st C

heck

out

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou h

ave

mor

e ar

t in

stor

age

w

aitin

g to

be

fram

ed th

an y

ou h

ave

on y

our w

alls

.

22

you

have

to

o m

any

genr

es

mix

ed

to-

geth

er in

one

pac

kage

? D

iscu

ss s

how

s lik

e An

gel,

Buffy

, M

oonl

ight

, Bl

ood

Ties

, et

c. S

essi

on le

d by

Ter

ri Pr

ay.

SF

/F &

Spi

ritua

lity/

Relig

ion/

Ethi

cs

Borla

ug –

10 a

m

Wha

t ki

nd

of

ethi

cal

lines

ar

e be

ing

draw

n th

ese

days

in

Sc

ienc

e Fi

ctio

n/Fa

ntas

y?

How

str

inge

nt a

re t

he s

tan-

dard

s, a

nd is

ther

e ho

pe fo

r “g

ettin

g be

t-te

r”

if yo

u go

of

f th

e ra

ils

once

or

tw

ice?

How

is “

rede

mpt

ion'

” (n

ot n

eces

-sa

rily

in th

e Ju

deo-

Chris

tian

sens

e of

the

wor

d) d

efin

ed a

nd/o

r so

ught

af

ter

by

vario

us c

hara

cter

s? I

s it

atta

inab

le?

Or

is i

t th

e ca

rrot

hel

d fo

reve

r ou

t of

our

re

ach,

whi

le w

e m

ostly

get

the

stic

k?

Com

e ar

gue

with

Lor

i Pat

ton

and

Den

ny

Lync

h.

Bulw

er-L

ytto

n Fi

ctio

n Co

ntes

t Res

ults

Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 1

1 am

“I

t was

a d

ark

and

stor

my

nigh

t; th

e ra

in

fell

in t

orre

nts

– e

xcep

t at

occ

asio

nal

inte

rval

s,

whe

n it

was

ch

ecke

d by

a

vi

olen

t gu

st o

f w

ind

whi

ch s

wep

t up

the

st

reet

s (f

or

it is

in

Lo

ndon

th

at

our

scen

e lie

s), r

attli

ng a

long

the

hous

etop

s,

and

fierc

ely

agita

ting

the

scan

ty fl

ame

of

the

lam

ps

that

st

rugg

led

agai

nst

the

dark

ness

.”

– E

dwar

d G

eorg

e B

ulw

er-

Lytt

on, P

aul C

liffo

rd (1

83

0).

Th

ink

you

can

do

wor

s…

er,

bett

er?

Th

en p

ick

up y

our

cont

est

entr

y fo

rm a

t th

e IC

ON

Reg

istr

atio

n D

esk

and

retu

rn it

co

mpl

eted

bef

ore

5pm

on

Satu

rday

. Fi

-na

lists

will

be

read

, an

d th

e w

inne

r w

ill

be a

nnou

nced

. J

udge

s: D

ave

Stag

ner,

Lind

sey

Ellio

tt, a

nd J

ack

McD

evitt

. Fa

ndom

as a

n Et

hnic

ity

Oakd

ale I

I – 1

1 am

Th

is i

s an

ant

hrop

olog

ical

loo

k at

sci

-en

ce-f

icti

on

fan

dom

as

a

qua

si-

subc

ultu

re,

with

its

ow

n rit

uals

, tr

adi-

tions

, cus

tom

s, d

iale

cts,

and

trib

al le

ad-

ers.

D

iscu

ssio

n w

ill b

e le

ad b

y O

rang

e M

ike

Low

rey,

a f

an a

nd a

nat

ural

-bor

n fr

ee c

itize

n of

the

Imag

iNat

ion,

and

Rod

-ne

y R

uff,

an a

ll-ar

ound

goo

d gu

y.

Harry

Pot

ter-

Now

That

It Is

Ove

r Bo

rlaug

– 11

am

Co

me

disc

uss

the

conc

lusi

on

of

the

Har

ry P

otte

r se

ries.

Did

you

like

it?

Was

it

wha

t yo

u ex

pect

ed?

M

aybe

ev

en

drea

m

a lit

tle

abou

t w

hat

the

futu

re

mig

ht h

old

for

your

fav

orite

for

mer

Hog

-w

arts

stu

dent

. D

iscu

ssio

n le

d by

the

D

aven

port

Are

a G

athe

ring

of B

ooks

and

H

uman

oids

(DAG

OB

AH).

Plan

et C

rack

ing 1

01

Oakd

ale I

V & V

- Noo

n G

ettin

g th

e Sc

ienc

e R

ight

in

Spac

e O

p-er

a! G

entle

men

, hav

e yo

u ev

er s

uffe

red

from

Gee

k En

vy?

Hav

e yo

u ev

er lo

st t

he

atte

ntio

n of

a

lady

fa

ir be

caus

e yo

u co

uldn

't de

rive

the

num

bers

nee

ded

to

blow

up

Alde

raan

fas

t en

ough

to

keep

th

e co

nver

satio

nal

flow

go

ing?

Ever

w

ishe

d yo

u co

uld

find

a w

orko

ut p

ro-

gram

to

give

you

tha

t bu

lgin

g fo

rebr

ain

that

fe

mal

es

all

adm

ire?

W

ell

then

, br

eak

out

your

ca

lcul

ator

s an

d jo

in

note

d ga

me

desi

gner

Ken

Bur

nsid

e in

a

(Con

tinue

d on

pag

e 24

)

Su

nd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… y

ou k

now

Elv

is d

idn'

t die

, h

e ju

st w

ent b

ack

to h

is h

ome

plan

et.

15

cher

t, an

d K

en B

urns

ide.

W

hat M

akes

Goo

d Ci

nem

a or

TV?

Borla

ug –

3 pm

W

hat

mak

es

a go

od/b

ad

show

or

m

ovie

? W

hat

mak

es u

s lik

e a

show

or

mov

ie;

is i

t th

e ac

ting,

the

sto

ry,

the

di-

rect

ion,

the

sco

re,

the

spec

ial

F/X,

or

a m

agic

com

bina

tion

of a

ll th

ese

thin

gs?

W

ould

Sta

r W

ars

have

bee

n as

big

a h

it if

it w

ere

dire

cted

by

Rog

er C

orm

an a

nd

had

mus

ic b

y D

anny

Elfm

an?

Wou

ld t

he

Twili

ght

Zone

ha

ve

been

a

tele

visi

on

icon

if

Ed W

ood

had

been

the

writ

er?

Can

bad

mov

ies

be g

ood?

Can

pop

ular

m

ovie

s be

not

so

good

? An

d w

e al

l hav

e th

em:

Gui

lty p

leas

ure

film

s/sh

ows.

Why

do

we

like

them

? P

rogr

am h

oste

d by

Tr

oy M

enke

. Gu

est o

f Hon

or S

peec

hes

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 4 p

m

Com

e he

ar w

hat

our

gues

ts h

ave

to s

ay

for

them

selv

es!

The T

hing

in th

e Bas

emen

t Oa

kdal

e II –

4 p

m

Subt

erra

nean

hor

ror

– f

rom

Lov

ecra

ft's

oo

zing

cav

erns

to

the

New

Yor

k su

b-w

ays,

thi

ngs

horr

ific

are

ofte

n su

bter

ra-

nean

. W

hat

is it

abo

ut t

he u

nder

grou

nd

that

mak

es it

an

idea

l set

ting

for

horr

or?

Mus

t th

e en

tran

ce t

o H

ell

alw

ays

lead

un

derg

roun

d? T

here

's s

omet

hing

in

the

base

men

t. Le

t’s

split

up

! D

iscu

ssio

n le

ad b

y B

o3b

Har

per .

Sa

uron

in a

Sui

t Bo

rlaug

– 4

pm

Ah,

the

chan

ging

fac

e of

evi

l in

mod

ern

soci

ety

and

stor

y-te

lling

. H

ow h

as t

he

face

of

evil

mor

phed

with

mod

ern

soci

-et

y an

d te

chno

logy

? Is

yes

terd

ay's

Dar

k Lo

rd t

oday

’s E

vil

CEO

? D

oes

the

mod

-er

n D

ark

Lord

kno

w h

e’s

a D

ark

Lord

, or

does

he

thin

k, “

It's

not

pers

onal

, it's

just

bu

sine

ss”?

Dis

cuss

th

e id

ea

of

“mon

ster

s”

in

our

mid

st

(tho

se

that

do

n't

give

you

“fa

ir w

arni

ng”

by b

eing

a

big

glow

ing

eye

thin

gie

or w

earin

g bl

ack

arm

or a

nd a

mas

k, f

or i

nsta

nce)

. D

is-

cuss

ion

lead

by

Lori

Patt

on.

Star

fleet

Kno

ts

Bens

on –

4pm

Th

is w

ill b

e a

hand

s-on

wor

ksho

p on

the

kn

ots

used

by

re

scue

se

rvic

es

wor

ld-

wid

e, a

nd w

hich

will

con

tinue

to

be u

sed

into

th

e fu

ture

. Pe

ter

Wez

eman

w

el-

com

es a

dults

, chi

ldre

n, o

r bo

th, a

nd w

ill

prov

ide

all n

eede

d m

ater

ials

. 4-

Hour

Gam

ing D

emo

Chap

man

-Cat

t – S

tarts

at 4

pm

For

ages

12

and

up-

Com

e le

arn

to f

ly

spac

eshi

ps

in

the

Hon

orve

rse!

Sa

ga-

nam

i Isl

and

Tact

ical

Sim

ulat

or 2

nd e

di-

tion

lets

you

thr

ow m

issi

le b

road

side

s at

st

upen

dous

ran

ges,

whi

le t

hrus

ting

with

m

ind

num

bing

num

bers

of

gees

, in

a

free

-whe

elin

g co

rksc

rew

ing

fight

. In

3-D

! Se

e pag

e 29

for m

ore d

etai

ls.

Mak

e-up

Wor

ksho

p/De

mo

Oakd

ale I

I – 5

pm

Ly

nda

Sher

man

and

Lau

ra K

auth

tea

ch

you

tips

and

tric

ks

rang

ing

from

th

e (C

ontin

ued

on p

age

16)

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… e

very

wea

pon,

or p

oten

tial w

eapo

n, in

you

r ho

me

is "p

eace

bon

ded"

, eve

n th

e to

y on

es.

16

mun

dane

to

the

mag

ical

to

the

mac

a-br

e.

The S

emin

al W

orks

of S

F/ Fa

ntas

y Bo

rlaug

– 5

pm

The

book

s th

at m

ade

SF/F

anta

sy w

hat i

t is

. F

or h

igh

fant

asy,

it'd

pre

tty

muc

h ha

ve t

o be

"Th

e Lo

rd o

f th

e R

ings

". C

y-be

rpun

k:

Gib

son'

s "S

praw

l" tr

ilogy

"N

euro

man

cer"

, "C

ount

Ze

ro",

an

d "M

ona

Lisa

Ove

rdriv

e."

Spa

ce

oper

a d

raw

s h

ea

vily

o

n

"Doc

" S

mit

h's

"L

ensm

an"

book

s.

M

ilita

ry

SF

has

two

diff

eren

t st

rain

s –

the

"fu

ture

infa

n-tr

y" v

ersi

on c

ould

be

said

to

have

bee

n st

arte

d by

H

einl

ein'

s "S

tars

hip

Troo

p-er

s",

but

the

"war

in

spac

e" s

ort

(thi

nk

"Hon

or

Har

ring

ton"

) ha

s le

ss

clea

r ro

ots.

D

iscu

ssio

n le

ad b

y Er

ic O

ppen

, O

rang

e M

ike

Low

rey,

and

Rus

ty H

evel

in.

Tale

s Fro

m th

e Gaz

ebo

Bens

on –

5 pm

Se

cond

Edi

tion:

G

ot a

tal

e of

gam

er lu

-na

cy?

Did

a g

amer

you

kno

w (

not

YOU

, of

cou

rse!

) get

a C

ritic

al S

ucce

ss o

n hi

s/he

r Pu

ll Bo

nehe

aded

Mov

e sk

ill?

Com

e sh

are

with

the

gro

up.

Hea

r th

e fa

mou

s ta

le o

f th

e “H

ead

of V

ecna

.”

Laug

h at

th

e m

unch

kins

! F

ear

the

Gaz

ebo!

D

is-

cuss

ion

led

by

Bria

n “T

he

Gaz

ebo

Slay

er”

Ande

rson

. Ar

t Auc

tion

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 5:3

0 pm

W

hene

ver

a pi

ece

in t

he A

rt S

how

has

tw

o or

mor

e bi

ds, i

t go

es t

o th

e Ar

t Au

c-tio

n. H

ere

you

get t

o fu

rious

ly b

id o

n th

e pi

eces

of

art

you

wan

t –

eve

n if

you

did-

n’t

know

you

wan

ted

them

bef

ore

you

wal

ked

into

the

roo

m.

Don

’t fo

rget

to

pop

into

the

Art A

uctio

n if

you

bid

on a

ny

art;

you

don’

t w

ant

som

eone

els

e to

get

it!

The

Ben

efit

Art

Auct

ion

for

Four

Oak

s al

so t

akes

pla

ce a

t th

is e

vent

(se

e pa

ge

28

for

det

ails

.) C

harle

s Pi

ehl

is y

our

auct

ione

er.

Mas

quer

ade A

id S

tatio

n Oa

kdal

e II –

6 p

m

Nee

d a

little

hel

p w

ith y

our

cost

ume

for

the

Mas

quer

ade?

W

ant

to z

ombi

e up

yo

ur S

atur

day-

even

ing

look

? C

ome

to

the

Mas

quer

ade

Aid

Stat

ion.

Th

e vo

lun-

teer

s w

ill h

elp

you

get

read

y fo

r th

e co

n-te

st o

r si

mpl

y fo

r th

e ev

enin

g.

Chec

k-in

fo

r the

Mas

quer

ade i

s HER

E, st

artin

g at 7

pm.

How

to A

ssur

e Rej

ectio

n of

Your

Man

uscr

ipt

Borla

ug –

6 pm

Si

ngle

-spa

ce

your

m

anus

crip

t!

In

sult

Rob

ert

Hei

nlei

n!

Get

you

r ed

itor’

s ho

me

phon

e nu

mbe

r, s

o w

hen

you’

re s

tuck

on

your

sto

ry a

t th

ree

o’cl

ock

in t

he m

orn-

ing,

yo

u ca

n ca

ll up

an

d br

ains

torm

. W

hat

othe

r ad

vice

sho

uld

you

igno

re?

Co

me

lear

n an

d la

ugh

with

Jac

k M

cDe-

vitt

.

Chai

nmai

lle W

orks

hop

(2 h

ours

) Be

nson

– St

arts

at 6

pm

Ch

ainm

aille

Wor

ksho

p… b

ecau

se i

f w

e ca

lled

it “M

ale

on M

aille

Act

ion,

” St

eve

Todd

’s

wife

w

ould

be

un

com

fort

able

, so

me

peop

le w

ould

be

offe

nded

, an

d ot

her

peop

le w

ould

be

disa

ppoi

nted

that

it

was

n’t

abou

t an

ent

irely

diff

eren

t su

b-(C

ontin

ued

on p

age

20)

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… a

ny s

tore

you

vis

it yo

u fin

d yo

urse

lf ev

alua

ting

th

e si

ze o

f the

ais

les

in re

latio

n to

"fen

siz

e" a

cces

sibi

lity.

21

Yo

u m

ight

be

a fa

n if…

inst

ead

of a

bee

r bon

g y

ou u

se a

har

d ci

der b

ong.

Writ

ers’

Wor

ksho

p Be

nson

– 8

am

This

work

shop

is li

mite

d to

tho

se w

ho p

re-

regi

ster

ed.

Part

icip

atin

g w

riter

s ha

ve r

e-ce

ived

a p

acka

ge c

onta

inin

g al

l su

bmit-

ted

man

uscr

ipts

tw

o w

eeks

bef

ore

the

conv

entio

n.

Th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts

shou

ld

read

, po

nder

and

typ

e up

a c

ritiq

ue o

f ea

ch m

anus

crip

t re

ceiv

ed.

This

crit

ique

w

ill

be

shar

ed

with

th

e m

anus

crip

t w

riter

. B

ring

your

crit

ique

s w

ith y

ou t

o th

e w

orks

hop

and

be p

repa

red

for

an

amaz

ing

time

of

lear

ning

.

Lead

by

M

icke

y Zu

cker

Rei

cher

t.

Bene

fact

ors’

GoH

Brun

ch

Hote

l Res

taur

ant –

9 a

m

Ben

efac

tors

joi

n G

uest

s of

Hon

or f

or a

pr

ivat

e br

unch

. T

ake

this

tim

e to

lea

rn

mor

e ab

out

the

GoH

s an

d ab

out

thei

r cr

aft.

Not

yet

a B

enef

acto

r?

You

can

upgr

ade

your

mem

bers

hip

at t

he R

egis

-tr

atio

n D

esk.

Si

gn u

p ea

rly,

only

10

B

enef

acto

r M

embe

rshi

ps a

re b

eing

sol

d

on a

firs

t com

e fir

st g

et b

asis

. He

ros o

f ICO

N Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 1

0 am

W

hat i

f you

dis

cove

red

late

nt s

uper

pow

-er

s at

IC

ON

?

Wha

t w

ould

th

ey

be?

Co

uld

you

cont

rol t

hem

? W

ould

you

use

th

em f

or g

ood

or e

vil?

Th

is is

a d

iscu

s-si

on o

f th

e w

ildly

pop

ular

Her

oes

show

on

NB

C.

A “H

eroe

s of

ICO

N”

ques

tion-

naire

will

be

avai

labl

e bo

th b

efor

e an

d du

ring

the

disc

ussi

on a

nd w

ill l

ead

to

wac

ky in

tera

ctio

ns a

nd p

erha

ps a

love

ly

take

-hom

e pr

ize.

D

iscu

ssio

n le

d by

Jon

M

aake

stad

. Cr

oss G

enre

Oa

kdal

e II –

10a

m

Bou

ndar

ies,

w

hat

boun

darie

s?

Fr

om

rom

ance

to

fa

ntas

y,

scie

nce

fictio

n th

roug

h to

hor

ror,

the

bou

ndar

ies

be-

twee

n ge

nres

hav

e be

com

e bl

urre

d.

So

wha

t m

ixes

wor

k, a

nd w

hat

don’

t?

Can

(Con

tinue

d on

page

22)

Su

nd

ay

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gra

mm

ing

lions

prid

eent

ente

rtain

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n di

verg

e w

ith p

urpo

se.

Can

rese

arch

be

a se

duct

ive

trap

– c

an

you

end

up w

ith "

undi

gest

ed r

esea

rch"

fact

s an

d de

tails

tha

t do

not

mak

e th

e re

ader

hap

pier

? C

an y

ou f

ind

unob

tru-

sive

fac

ts t

hat

wor

k th

eir

way

in

to t

he

narr

ativ

e w

ithou

t im

pedi

ng

the

flow

?

For

exam

ple,

To

m

Wol

fe's

jo

urna

listic

w

ritin

g lik

e Th

e Ri

ght

Stuf

f is

gre

at,

but

his

nove

ls

are

cons

tant

ly

arre

sted

by

lu

mps

of

rese

arch

. Jo

in o

ur A

utho

r G

oH

Jack

McD

evitt

, as

wel

l as,

Mic

key

Zuck

er

Rei

cher

t, an

d Te

rri

Pray

for

som

e re

a-so

ns w

hy r

esea

rch

is s

till i

mpo

rtan

t. M

asqu

erad

e Oa

kdal

e IV &

V – 8

pm

O

ne o

f th

e hi

ghlig

hts

of I

CON

, th

e M

as-

quer

ade

is

a th

eatr

ical

pr

esen

tatio

n w

here

you

will

see

fan

dom

’s b

est

cost

u-

mer

s br

iefly

brin

g to

life

cha

ract

ers

and

scen

es f

rom

sci

ence

fic

tion

and

fant

asy.

M

iche

lle C

lark

is y

our

MC.

Da

nce

Oakd

ale I

V & V

– 10

pm

Shak

e sh

ake

shak

e…

shak

e sh

ake

shak

e… s

hake

you

r bo

oty…

sha

ke y

our

boot

y!

This

dan

ce i

s be

ing

brou

ght

to

you

by t

he le

tter

“D

”…..D

is f

or d

anci

ng.

Mus

ic p

rovi

ded

by L

ion’

s Pr

ide

Ente

r-ta

inm

ent.

A Sh

oggo

th on

the R

oof

Oakd

ale I

I – 1

0 pm

A

Shog

goth

on

the

Roof

is a

par

ody

mu-

sica

l of F

iddl

er o

n th

e Ro

of b

ased

on

the

wor

ks o

f H

.P.

Love

craf

t. Pu

blis

hed

by

the

H.P

. Lo

vecr

aft

His

toric

al S

ocie

ty,

it w

as p

urpo

rted

ly w

ritte

n by

a m

embe

r of

th

e so

ciet

y w

ho w

as l

ater

ins

titut

iona

l-iz

ed, a

nd w

ho is

ref

erre

d to

as

“He

Who

(f

or le

gal r

easo

ns)

Mus

t N

ot B

e N

amed

” in

the

lib

rett

o an

d on

the

cas

t al

bum

. Jo

in u

s fo

r a

dram

atic

rea

ding

of

this

“c

lass

ic”

piec

e of

mus

ical

thea

ter.

Mor

e Ope

n Fi

lkin

g Be

nson

– 10

pm

Se

e th

e 1

0 p

m F

riday

ses

sion

(pa

ge 8

) fo

r de

tails

. Ch

ocol

ate C

erem

ony

Oakd

ale I

I – M

idni

ght

A pa

gan

cele

brat

ion

of c

hoco

late

. T

wo

wor

ds:

Yum

Yum

!

Sa

turd

ay

Pro

gra

mm

ing

You

mig

ht b

e a

fan

if… th

e ha

rdes

t que

stio

n yo

u ha

ve e

ver e

ncou

nter

ed is

“W

hich

is b

ette

r… P

icar

d or

Kirk

?”

Volu

ntee

r at

ICO

N 3

2 no

w…

or

we

mig

ht s

end

Stor

mtr

oope

rs to

rea

rran

ge y

our

libra

ry.

17

Bes

ides

ha

v-in

g st

arte

d hi

s fa

nnis

h lif

e hi

tchh

ikin

g to

th

e

19

41

W

orld

con

in

Den

ver,

R

usty

H

evel

in h

as a

ric

h tr

aditi

on

with

ou

r ow

n IC

ON

, go

ing

back

eve

n be

-fo

re

the

first

on

e in

1

97

5.

Rus

ty w

as p

art

of

the

grou

p w

ith J

oe H

alde

man

and

Lar

ry M

artin

's

writ

ing

clas

s at

Min

icon

in t

he e

arly

sev

-en

ties.

Tha

t gr

oup

incl

uded

Joe

and

Gay

H

alde

man

, R

usty

, an

d W

ilson

“B

ob”

Tuck

er.

He

prov

ided

adv

ice

and

help

to

the

com

mitt

ee

as

they

go

t th

at

first

IC

ON

of

f th

e gr

ound

. O

ver

the

early

ye

ars

Rus

ty o

rgan

ized

the

hux

ter

room

an

d so

ld b

ooks

the

re t

o he

lp p

ay h

is

conv

entio

n ex

pens

es.

Whi

le h

e ga

ve u

p th

e du

ty o

f or

gani

zing

the

hux

ter

room

, he

con

tinue

d to

sel

l boo

ks th

ere

into

the

mid

-nin

etie

s (I

have

a f

ew g

ems

in m

y co

llect

ion

I bou

ght

from

him

.) R

usty

was

al

so f

an g

uest

of

hono

r al

l the

way

bac

k at

ICO

N I

V. H

e ha

s co

ntin

ued

to b

e a

regu

lar

mem

ber

of t

he I

CON

fam

ily,

tak-

ing

on th

e to

astm

aste

r du

ties

som

e tim

e in

th

e ei

ghtie

s,

and

bein

g gr

acio

us

enou

gh to

acc

ept

our

offe

rs t

o re

mai

n in

th

at c

apac

ity e

ver

sinc

e.

Rus

ty h

as g

race

d m

ore

mid

wes

t co

nven

-ti

ons

with

hi

s pr

esen

ce

than

ju

st

ICO

N.

He

was

toa

stm

aste

r at

Dem

icon

th

e fir

st 1

6 y

ears

of

its e

xist

ence

, an

d ha

s be

en b

roug

ht b

ack

as t

oast

mas

ter

emer

itus

ever

y ye

ar s

ince

. He

was

toa

st-

ma

ste

r a

t a

ll

bu

t tw

o

of

the

Con*

tret

emps

in

Om

aha,

NE

and

fan

gues

t at

the

ir fir

st e

vent

. H

e's

star

ted,

he

lped

sta

rt,

and

help

ed r

un, m

ore

con-

vent

ions

ove

r th

e ye

ars

than

eve

n he

ca

n re

mem

ber.

He

mus

t be

a b

ig b

e-lie

ver

in p

ayin

g fo

rwar

d.

I w

ish

I co

uld

do i

t as

wel

l. H

e co

ntin

ues

to h

ones

tly,

hum

bly

won

der

why

we

keep

ask

ing

him

ba

ck; a

s if

that

one

par

t of

his

per

sona

l-ity

isn'

t rea

son

enou

gh.

I can

hon

estly

say

tha

t R

usty

has

add

ed

to

my

enjo

ymen

t of

ev

ery

conv

entio

n w

here

we'

ve b

oth

been

in

atte

ndan

ce.

To d

ate

that

's m

ore

than

fift

y co

nven

-tio

ns,

if I'm

rec

allin

g co

rrec

tly.

Rou

ghly

ha

lf of

tho

se h

ave

been

ICO

Ns.

Whe

n IC

ON

XXX

II is

ove

r, I

'll e

ager

ly a

wai

t th

e ne

xt in

this

ong

oing

ser

ies.

G

regg

Par

men

tier,

ICO

N X

XXII

Chai

r

Toa

stm

ast

er:

R

ust

y H

eve

lin

Rust

y H

evel

in th

en

Rust

y H

evel

in n

ow

18

Au

tho

r G

ue

st o

f H

on

or:

Ja

ck M

cDev

itt

Jack

M

cDev

itt

is

an

awar

d-w

inni

ng

Amer

ican

sci

ence

-fict

ion

auth

or w

hose

no

vels

fre

quen

tly d

eal

with

att

empt

s to

m

ake

cont

act

with

alie

n ra

ces,

and

with

ar

chae

olog

y or

xen

oarc

haeo

logy

.

McD

evitt

's

first

pu

blis

hed

stor

y w

as

"The

Em

erso

n Ef

fect

" in

Tw

iligh

t Zon

e in

1

98

1. T

wo

year

s la

ter,

he

publ

ishe

d hi

s fir

st n

ovel

, Th

e H

ercu

les

Text

, ab

out

the

disc

over

y of

an

inte

lli-

gent

ly

conc

eive

d si

gnal

w

ho

se

rep

erc

uss

ion

s th

reat

en

hum

an

civi

liza-

tion.

Th

is

nove

l se

t th

e to

ne f

or m

any

of M

cDe-

vitt

's

follo

win

g no

vels

, w

hich

foc

used

on

mak

ing

first

co

ntac

t. Fr

eque

ntly

th

is t

hem

e is

mix

ed w

ith

both

tr

epid

atio

n be

fore

th

e un

know

n an

d a

sens

e of

won

der

at th

e un

iver

se.

With

The

Eng

ines

of G

od (1

99

4),

McD

e-vi

tt i

ntro

duce

d th

e id

ea o

f a

univ

erse

th

at w

as o

nce

teem

ing

with

int

ellig

ent

life,

but

con

tain

s on

ly t

heir

aban

done

d ar

tifac

ts b

y th

e tim

e hu

man

s ar

rive

on

the

scen

e. A

lthou

gh i

t w

as i

nitia

lly w

rit-

ten

as a

sta

ndal

one

nove

l, th

e m

ain

char

acte

r of

The

Eng

ines

of

God

, pi

lot

Pris

cilla

Hut

chin

s, h

as s

ince

app

eare

d in

fo

ur

mor

e bo

oks,

D

eeps

ix

(20

01

), Ch

indi

(2

00

2),

Om

ega

(20

03

), an

d Od

-ys

sey

(20

06

). Th

e m

yste

ry s

urro

undi

ng

the

dest

ruct

ive

"Om

ega

Clou

ds"

(whi

ch

are

intr

oduc

ed in

The

Eng

ines

of G

od) i

s

left

une

xplo

red

until

Om

ega.

McD

evitt

's n

ovel

s fr

eque

ntly

rai

se q

ues-

tions

whi

ch h

e do

es n

ot a

ttem

pt t

o an

-sw

er. H

e pr

efer

s to

leav

e am

bigu

ities

to

puzz

le a

nd i

ntrig

ue h

is r

eade

rs:

"Som

e th

ings

are

bes

t le

ft t

o th

e re

ader

's v

ery

able

imag

inat

ion.

"

His

nov

el S

eeke

r w

on t

he 2

00

6

Neb

ula

awar

d, g

iven

by

the

Sci-

ence

Fic

tion

and

Fant

asy

Writ

ers

of A

mer

ica.

He

has

been

nom

i-na

ted

for

the

Neb

ula

awar

d th

ir-te

en ti

mes

; thi

s is

his

firs

t win

. Ja

ck M

cDev

itt.

(20

07

, Se

ptem

ber

18

). In

Wik

iped

ia,

The

Free

Enc

yclo

pedi

a. R

etrie

ved

13

:31

, O

ctob

er 1

8,

20

07

, fr

om

http

://e

n.w

ikip

edia

.org

/w/i

ndex

.php

?tit

le=

Jack

_McD

evitt

&ol

did=

15

87

34

95

1

Jack

on

his

favo

rite

auth

ors,

and

au

thor

s th

at h

ave

mos

t in

fluen

ced

his w

ritin

g:

“In

SF,

Bra

dbur

y fir

st a

nd f

orem

ost.

He

got

to m

e w

hen

I w

as 1

2,

and

dem

on-

stra

ted

wha

t a

capa

ble

SF w

riter

cou

ld

do. M

y al

l-tim

e fa

vorit

e bo

ok is

The

Mar

-tia

n Ch

roni

cles

. Ye

ars

ago,

whe

n I

was

te

achi

ng h

igh

scho

ol,

I us

ed i

t to

win

ov

er s

tude

nts

who

tho

ught

boo

ks w

ere

mai

nly

a ha

ssle

. Th

e gu

y's

pure

mag

ic.

Also

: H

einl

ein,

Cla

rke,

Hoy

le.

Jack

Wil-

liam

son,

esp

ecia

lly f

or T

he L

egio

n O

f Sp

ace,

B

enfo

rd

and

Ellis

on

com

e to

m

ind;

Ben

ford

for

the

cos

mic

sw

eep

of

his

nove

ls;

Ellis

on f

or t

he s

heer

pow

er

of la

ngua

ge. E

lliso

n w

rites

like

a g

uy o

n fir

e.”

- Tak

en f

rom

5 J

anua

ry 2

00

7: S

ci-

ence

Fi

ctio

n W

eekl

y In

terv

iew

, co

n-du

cted

by

John

Jos

eph

Adam

s.

19

Bor

n in

Illi

nois

, R

alph

liv

ed i

n N

orth

ern

Calif

orni

a fr

om 1

96

1,

whe

n hi

s pa

rent

s m

oved

the

fam

ily t

o th

e Sa

n Fr

anci

sco

Bay

Are

a, u

ntil

20

01

. Th

e ha

ppen

ings

and

psy

ched

elia

of

the

19

60

s fe

d th

e im

agin

atio

n of

a h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nt w

ith a

rtis

tic t

alen

ts.

It

was

dur

ing

this

tim

e th

at R

alph

's i

nter

-es

t in

art

flo

uris

hed.

H

e st

udie

d pa

int-

ing,

gra

phic

des

ign,

prin

ting,

and

pho

-to

grap

hy a

nd r

ecei

ved

a de

gree

in

In-

dust

rial

Arts

fro

m S

an J

ose

Stat

e U

ni-

vers

ity in

19

71

. W

hile

in c

olle

ge h

e be

-ca

me

invo

lved

in

the

thea

tre,

stu

died

se

t de

sign

and

has

wor

ked

as a

sce

nic

and

light

ing

desi

gner

for

ove

r th

irty-

five

year

s.

Man

y of

his

pai

ntin

gs r

efle

ct t

he

dram

atic

lig

htin

g an

d co

ntra

st o

f th

e st

age.

Th

irty-

thre

e ye

ars

ago

Ral

ph t

urne

d hi

s ar

t int

eres

ts t

o Sc

ienc

e Fi

ctio

n an

d Fa

n-ta

sy.

His

wor

k ha

s be

en s

een

in g

alle

r-ie

s an

d at

sci

ence

fict

ion

conv

entio

n ar

t sh

ows.

H

e ha

s w

on m

any

awar

ds f

or

his

wor

k, a

nd h

is a

rt is

in p

rivat

e co

llec-

tions

thr

ough

out

the

coun

try.

Th

ough

hi

s ar

t ha

s be

en in

spire

d by

med

ia a

nd

liter

atur

e, h

e cu

rren

tly i

s co

ncen

trat

ing

on la

ndsc

apes

of t

he im

agin

atio

n.

In 1

99

2, R

alph

mar

ried

fello

w t

hesp

ian

and

Min

neso

ta n

ativ

e, C

arol

Ann

Hof

f-m

ann.

In

20

01

, the

y m

oved

to th

e Tw

in

Citie

s ar

ea.

Sin

ce t

hen,

Ral

ph h

as b

e-gu

n hi

s th

eatr

e ca

reer

ane

w,

wor

king

w

ith t

heat

res

in t

he T

win

Citi

es,

grea

ter

Min

neso

ta, a

nd W

isco

nsin

. H

e ha

s co

n-tin

ued

to p

ursu

e hi

s ar

t w

ith s

how

ings

at

the

New

Yor

k M

ills

Cul

tura

l C

ente

r an

d th

e Ph

ipps

Cen

ter,

as

wel

l as

nu-

mer

ous

Scie

nce

Fict

ion-

Fant

asy

Con-

vent

ions

in th

e U

.S. a

nd C

anad

a.

Ral

ph J

. Rya

n ha

s be

en a

fan

favo

rite

in

the

ICO

N

art

show

fo

r th

e pa

st

few

ye

ars.

His

wor

k ha

s be

en d

ispl

ayed

as

far

away

as

Ca

lifor

nia,

an

d at

W

orld

Fa

ntas

y Co

n’s.

Ar

tist S

tate

men

t I

am p

rimar

ily a

sel

f-tau

ght

artis

t an

d ha

ve p

ursu

ed a

rtis

tic e

ndea

vors

mos

t of

my

life.

My

art

is a

n ex

plor

atio

n of

la

ndsc

apes

, bo

th r

eal

and

imag

ined

. W

orki

ng in

acr

ylic

s an

d w

ater

colo

rs, m

y pa

intin

gs r

efle

ct t

he i

nflu

ence

s of

im

-pr

essi

onis

t pa

intin

g, a

lon

g-tim

e in

ter-

est

in a

rchi

tect

ure,

and

the

dra

mat

ic

light

ing

of th

e th

eatre

.

Art

ist

Gu

est

of

Ho

no

r:

Ra

lph

J.

Rya

n