The ICON Science fiction convention returns to downtown Iowa City during the Iowa City Book Festival! Browse booksellers, authors, and others at the ICON Vendor Hall, Iowa City Masonic Lodge Social Hall, 312 E College St. Free admission and open to the public.
For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel and the first sci-fi work shaped by the Vietnam War, continues to resonate decades later. Haldeman, a Vietnam veteran and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum, crafted a story that John Scalzi calls “timeless, because what’s in the book touches on something that never goes away.” Join Haldeman, his wife
In this panel, writers will discuss place and setting as key in many kinds of writing. They will explore the following questions: How do you convey a sense of place or paint a unique landscape? In what ways does location contribute to your writing? Can a literary work truly be ‘universal,’ or will place always
A lively conversation with writers exploring how genre shapes stories, readers, and the writing process. Featuring: Anna Bruno, Gregory Galloway, Scott Phillips, and Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
