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FORREST J. ACKERMAN'S WORLD OF SCIENCE-FICTION
Ackerman, Forrest J.
1997 48358 Featuring 300 color photos, memorabilia, ephemera and other one-of-a-kind collectibles from the 300,000 items stored at the fabled "Ackermansion, " Forrest J Ackerman's World of Science Fiction details and traces the entire evolution of the SF genre, from its beginning to the present. Out of Print. 8-1/2 x 11". Foreword by John Landis. NEW COPY, hardcover, dust jacket, 240 pp., copyright 1977. The author started his lifelong devotion to science fiction as a teen-ager in the 1920s. He read and collected all the hot 'scientifiction' pulp magazines of the day, and went on to staff the first sci-fi fanzines, and began what would become one of the world's biggest sci-fi colle ctions, and organize the Los Angeles Science Fantasy SOciety in 1934. The amazing photographs in this teriffic book offer movie POSTERS, classic sci-fi BOOK JACKETS, great colorful images from long out-of-print magazines,and a comprehensive 20th century photo collection of classic actors, creepy reptiles, and 'giants' that will thrill the sci-fi connoisseur. The author even coined the term '"sci- fi". A MUST-HAVE book for fans! General Publishing Group 1575440695 / 9781575440699
Hardcover As New Los Angeles
Price:
32.18 USD
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