Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing, Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts
by Forrest J Ackerman (Editor)
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An long-awaited anthology that will appeal to veteran sci-fi enthusiasts as well as newer generations of readers who are looking for rare, hidden treasures of the best in science fiction from Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells and many more.Tags
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Honestly, few of these are actually, objectively, all that good. One has to be a fan of very old pulp short-shorts. I did really like [a:Shirley Parenteau|672884|Shirley Parenteau|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1392957019p2/672884.jpg]'s "Eye of the Beholder" and hope to find more by her.* [b:If This Goes On|5985495|If This Goes On|Charles Nuetzel|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1352756226s/5985495.jpg|6159211] is an anthology I'd like to find.
And this line from a secondhand comment, referring to a story about a phone call across the time zones, "the late afternoon New York traffic vibrated weirdly in the stillness of the London night," is haunting, and I'd like to read the story from which it was remembered.
*Oh! I just found show more out that OpenLibrary has [b:Jelly and the Spaceboat|2229542|Jelly and the Spaceboat|Shirley Parenteau|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|2235341], which is a children's book that I've been wanting to read, which is by her! show less
And this line from a secondhand comment, referring to a story about a phone call across the time zones, "the late afternoon New York traffic vibrated weirdly in the stillness of the London night," is haunting, and I'd like to read the story from which it was remembered.
*Oh! I just found show more out that OpenLibrary has [b:Jelly and the Spaceboat|2229542|Jelly and the Spaceboat|Shirley Parenteau|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|2235341], which is a children's book that I've been wanting to read, which is by her! show less
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Forrest J. Ackerman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 24, 1916. During World War II, he served in the army. Afterwards, he started a literary agency that eventually represented over 200 writers including Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, and L. Ron Hubbard. He is credited with creating the term sci-fi in 1954. He wrote and edited Famous show more Monsters of Filmland from 1958 to 1983. During his lifetime, he wrote over 50 short stories and created the comic character Vampirella. He was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a lifetime achievement award at the 2002 World Fantasy Convention. He died due to heart failure on December 4, 2008 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 813.0876208 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction Collections and anthologies Anthologies
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