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booksonmars.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
Birthday Party for Sci-Fi Fan Forry Ackerman
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The blog File 770 details the birthday party for ailing science fiction fan Forrest J Ackerman that Ray Bradbury hosted on Saturday at a bookshop in California. Forry turns 92 years old today. According to Worlds of Tomorrow: the Amazing Universe of Science-Fiction Art (2004), Ray Bradbury once ...
file770.com - 11/25/2008
John Hertz Reports: A Very Merry Unbirthday
— file770.com — By John Hertz: The birthday party for Forry Ackerman that Ray Bradbury hosted on Saturday, November 22nd,... at Bookfellows (also called Mystery & Imagination bookshop) in Glendale was full of people, books, a cake, Ray, a theremin, and a giant card ... (more) John Hertz Reports: A Very Merry Unbirthday

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booksonmars.blogspot.com - 11/22/2008
Forrest J Ackerman: a Martian Oddity
— booksonmars.blogspot.com — Later today, Ray Bradbury will lead a birthday celebration in a California bookshop in honor of his... longtime friend and ailing sci-fi über-fan Forrest J Ackerman, who turns 92 years old on November 24th. For my own tribute, I've pulled a passage from ... (more) Forrest J Ackerman: a Martian Oddity

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SF Tidbits for 11/25/08
SF Signal — ... I'd Be Lost Without You. Random House announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including 358 science fiction and fantasy titles (as of this posting). [via GalleyCat] Cover Pron @Pyr-o-mania: Blood of Ambrose by James Enge, cover art by Dominic Harman. File 770 reports on Forry Ackerman's birthday party hosted by Ray Bradbury. [via Marooned] Grasping for the Wind asks a batch of bloggers: What 5 SF/F novels ...

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