Gary Halada, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, will regale us with tales of stress tensor analysis in semirigid tensile bodies … NO, just kidding!
Actually he’ll be talking about nanotechnology and horrible engineering disasters (and other fascinating stuff). Gary is one of the founders of I-CON and I’m looking forward to working with him on this new convention.
LI-CON joins all his fans in already missing Sir Pterry and offering our sympathy to his family and friends.
Please tell me what you think!
John Rennie, TV host and science journalist, will return for LI-CON 2! Fresh off his triumph at ICON’s “Science and Technology Year in Review” John will be dazzling all with his incredible depth of knowledge and his astonishing wit and charm.
Izaac will be back to lend his technology expertise and help deconstruct some more video. Everyone who enjoyed our team’s take on Sharknado is looking forward to seeing what they’ll riff on this year!
Come say “Hi” at Mike Carbo’s Big Apple ComicCon! Meet about 3/4 of the key team. Get a discount on pre-registration!
I’m very happy to announce that Peter David has agreed to appear at LI-CON. As any I-CON fan will remember, Peter has attended literally dozens of our conventions (and yet he’s only 30 years old. Amazing.) The man doesn’t seem to loaf very much: he has written some of the most acclaimed comics of the 20’th Century, including long runs on The Incredible Hulk, Supergirl, Aquaman, and creating X-Factor among many others. He also writes for TV and movies, co-creating the Nickelodeon show Space Cases and writing several episodes of Babylon 5. And of course, he’s a best-selling novelist, his most recent publication being Artful, A Novel (or I think so–he writes so much in so many fields it’s hard to keep up.)
And yet, writing is his second career.
We missed Peter at LI-CON 1 and it’s with tremendous pleasure that I anticipate having him at LI-CON 2.
In which you, the fans, try to guess who we’ll be announcing as our next I-CON guest. The questions and answers so far:
1. Is the person male or female?
Male.
2. Over 50 or under 50?
Over 50.
3. Writer or artist?
Writer.
4. Do I know him?
I think so. (Note: this question and all questions so far were asked by writer John Grant.)
5. Does he tend to write in series or standalones?
He has written both in very long series and standalones, but the majority of his work has been in series format.
6. Is he US or furrin?
He is US-born and still lives here.
7. Is he Ron Goulart?
No.
Would anyone care to assist Mr. Grant?
Carl
On March 11, the Book Club will be discussing the latest work by China’s most popular science fiction writer, Liu Cixin. Something most of us Americans probably haven’t read: an alien invasion story in which we Americans … are at most secondary, and it’s up to heroic Chinese people to save the day.
Come join us, and help us pick the next book to talk about.
Let’s play 20 questions in the comments. I have the name of our next guest in mind. Ask me any yes/no question in the comments, and let’s see how long it takes you to figure out who it is.
This is easier than most 20 questions games: you already know it’s a human being.
