Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92 - Los Angeles Times: "Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror-movie fans with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and spent a lifetime amassing what has been called the world's largest personal collection of science-fiction and fantasy memorabilia, has died. He was 92.
Ackerman, a writer, editor and literary agent who has been credited with coining the term 'sci-fi' in the 1950s, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, said John Sasser, a friend who is making a documentary on Ackerman."
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A sad day--to see Forry go after all these years.
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very sad. I remember a grad school prof encouraging us to contact him and view his memorabilia, but I was too shy. I wonder where his collection will go? I know that UC Riverside has a great SF archive, but I'm not sure how much of it is memorabilia rather than books.
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