Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends, Expanded Edition

by Forrest J. Ackerman, Theodore Sturgeon (Primary Contributor), A.E. van Vogt (Primary Contributor)

The newly expanded version of this classic offers replete with even more stories from Forrest J Ackerman and his talented friends and collaborators. Joining such notables as Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt are classic authors Catherine L. Moore, Donald A. Wollheim, and more.

9 • Introduction (Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends) • (1969) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
12 • Dwellers in the Dust • [Shock Short] • (1948) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
23 • Micro Man • (1946) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
35 • A Martian Oddity • (1950) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
40 • The Atomic Monument • short fiction by Forrest J. Ackerman and Theodore Sturgeon
43 • Confessions of a Science Fiction Addict • (1957) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
55 • The Big Sleep • (1950) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
56 • Metropolis Ueber Alles • (1963) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
61 • Burn Witch, Burn • (1958) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
68 • And Then the Cover Was Bare • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
74 • Time to Change • (1968) • short fiction by Forrest J. Ackerman and Marcial Souto
77 • The Lure and Lore of The Blind Spot • (1951) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
83 • Dhactwhu! - Remember? • [Shock Short] • (1949) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman and Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Jacques DeForest Erman and Wilfred Owen Morley]
114 • Tarzan and the Golden Loin • (1948) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
122 • Count Down to Doom • (1966) • short fiction by Forrest J. Ackerman and Charles Nuetzel
125 • The Far-Out Philosopher of Science Fiction • (1949) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
128 • The Girl Who Wasn't There • (1963) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman and Charles E. Fritch and William F. Nolan and Tigrina
135 • The Lady Takes a Powder • (1953) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman and Tigrina
143 • Laugh, Clone, Laugh • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman and A. E. van Vogt
151 • When Frighthood Was in Flower • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
169 • The Record • (1939) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Bradbury
178 • The Man Who Was Thirsty • short fiction by Forrest J. Ackerman
181 • The House in the Twilight Zone • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
195 • Letter to an Angel • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
213 • The Radclyffe Effect • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
222 • Epilog: Coming Attractions • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

220 pages, Paperback

Published March 31, 2002

About the author

Forrest J Ackerman (born Forrest James Ackerman; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan. He was, for over seven decades, one of science fiction's staunchest spokesmen and promoters.

Ackerman was a Los Angeles, California-based magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction and fantasy films, and possibly the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia. He was the editor and principal writer of the American magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, as well as an actor, from the 1950s into the 1980s, and appears in two documentaries related to this period in popular culture: writer and filmmaker Jason V. Brock's The Ackermonster Chronicles!, (a 2012 documentary about Ackerman) and Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man, about the late author Charles Beaumont, a former client of The Ackerman Agency.

Also called "Forry," "The Ackermonster," "4e" and "4SJ," Ackerman was central to the formation, organization, and spread of science fiction fandom, and a key figure in the wider cultural perception of science fiction as a literary, art and film genre. Famous for his word play and neologisms, he coined the genre nickname "sci-fi". In 1953, he was voted "#1 Fan Personality" by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, a unique Hugo Award never granted to anyone else.

He was also among the first and most outspoken advocates of Esperanto in the science fiction community.

Ackerman was born Forrest James Ackerman (though he would refer to himself from the early 1930s on as "Forrest J Ackerman" with no period after the middle initial), on November 24, 1916, in Los Angeles, to Carroll Cridland (née Wyman; 1883–1977) and William Schilling Ackerman (1892–1951). His father was from New York and his mother was from Ohio (the daughter of architect George Wyman); she was nine years older than William.[13] He attended the University of California at Berkeley for a year (1934–1935), worked as a movie projectionist, and spent three years in the U.S. Army after enlisting on August 15, 1942.

He was married to teacher and translator Wendayne (Wendy) Wahrman (1912–1990) until her death. Her original first name was Matilda; Forry created "Wendayne" for her. Wendayne suffered a serious head injury when she was violently mugged while on a trip to Europe in 1990, and the injury soon after led to her death.

Ackerman was fluent in the international language Esperanto, and claimed to have walked down Hollywood Boulevard arm-in-arm with Leo G. Carroll singing La Espero, the hymn of Esperanto.

Ackerman was an atheist.

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