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Forrest J Ackerman: a Martian Oddity
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 the introduction to Martianthology (2003), in ...
Birthday Party for Sci-Fi Fan Forry Ackerman
booksonmars.blogspot.com — 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 ... (more) Birthday Party for Sci-Fi Fan Forry Ackerman
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QuasarDragon — ... HERE. And Cool-Mo-Dee has put up Grimm's Ghost Stories #7. Cool ghost stories. In CBR format HERE. Other Cool Marooned: Science Fiction books on Mars has a tribute to the king of all sci-fi fans Forrest J Ackerman. Online HERE. And Dark Worlds ...

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