Forrest J. Ackerman

Forrest J Ackerman (also Forrest J. Ackerman), born November 24 1916 and still living and active, is often called "Forry" or "4e" or "4SJ", and is a legendary science fiction fan, as well as an occasional author, actor, producer (Vampirella), magazine editor and literary agent of many of the science fiction greats. Although he is best known to baby-boomers as editor-writer of the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, this is actually only one facet of his enormous influence on the origination, organization, and spread of science fiction fandom and of science fiction as a respectable literary, art and film genre from its inception in the early 1920s to the present.

External links

• 4e's Foyer: biography of Forrest J Ackerman
• SFSite: Gary Westfahl's Biographical Encylopedia: Ackerman, Forrest J.
• DragonCon 2005: bio of guest Forrest J. Ackerman
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