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. The first Icecon was held in 2016.Valgerður Þ. Jónsdóttir
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. Published 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2018-04-15. Icecon is a biannual con for both Icelandic and international science fiction and fantasy

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List of Icecons

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Elizabeth Bear Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...

Karin Tidbeck Karin Margareta Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction. Tidbeck debuted with the short story collection ''Vem är Arvid Pekon?'' in 2010, followed by the novel ''Amatka'' in 2012. Their first work in English ...

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Naomi Novik Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire (series), ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her The Scholomance Trilogy, ''S ...

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Hildur Knútsdóttir Hildur Knútsdóttir (born 16 June 1984 Reykjavík) is an Icelandic writer. In 2016, she won the Icelandic Literary Prize for children's books for her novel ''Vetrarhörkur'' (Winter Frost). She studied at University of Iceland. She taught a wr ...

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John Scalzi John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his ''Old Man's War'' series, three novels of which have been n ...

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Gallery

Icecon 03.jpg, Parts of the committee in conversation, 2016. Icecon 05.jpg, Social area, 2016. Icecon 07.jpg, Audience in between programme items, 2016.

References

External links

Icecon's home page
Science fiction conventions in Europe Cultural festivals in Iceland