- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em4 de dezembro de 2008 · Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA (insuficiência cardíaca)
- Nome de nascimentoForrest James Ackerman
- Apelidos
- Mr. Science Fiction
- Mr. Sci-Fi
- Forry
- FJA
- Dr. Acula
- 4SJ
- 4E
- The Ackermonster
- Uncle Forry
- Altura1,85 m
- Forrest J. Ackerman nasceu o 24 de novembro de 1916 em Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA. Era ator e autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Fome Animal (1992), O Mago da Velocidade e do Tempo (1988) e Nudist Colony of the Dead (1991). Foi casado com Mathilde "Wendayne" Wahrman. Morreu o 4 de dezembro de 2008 em Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugesMathilde "Wendayne" Wahrman(1972 - 5 de março de 1990) (sua morte)Mathilde "Wendayne" Wahrman(1949 - 1958) (divorciado (a))
- He put up a flyer in a Los Angeles bookstore, announcing a science-fiction club he was starting. A teenager named Ray Bradbury attended the club meetings. Later, Ackerman helped Bradbury start his own sci-fi magazine, "Futuria Fantasia". He also helped pay for a trip to New York that helped launch Bradbury's writing career.
- Famous for wordplay, he is credited with being the first to abbreviate science fiction to "sci-fi";
- His main claim to fame was as the creator and editor of the groundbreaking magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland" (aka "Famous Monsters" or just "FM") started in 1958. Many highly successful filmmakers who emerged in the 1970s and 80s were former readers who cite the magazine for developing their interest in film.
- Received a special Hugo award as the #1 Fan Personality in 1953. As of 2021, he is the only one to receive this special award.
- His collection at one time included 50,000 books, thousands of science-fiction magazines, and the cape worn by Bela Lugosi in Drácula (1931).
- My wife used to say, "How can you let strangers into our home?" But what's the point of having a collection like this if you can't let people enjoy it? (on giving tours of their mansion, in an interview with the Associated Press on his 85th birthday)
- My wife and I were listening to the radio, and when someone said 'hi-fi' the word 'sci-fi' suddenly hit me. If my interest had been soap operas, I guess it would have been 'cry-fi,' or James Bond, 'spy-fi.'
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