Friday, December 05, 2008

RIP Forrest J Ackerman

Forrest J. Ackerman, the dean of sci-fi/horror fandom, is dead at 92. For those of us who grew up reading his words of wit and wisdom in "Famous Monsters" and elsewhere, this is a sad day!

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1 comment:

Kameron said...

What a bummer!

This news made me sad even though I don't know a lot about Ackerman. All my life it's like he was floating near the periphery of science fiction. It's difficult to imagine science fiction without him.

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