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Sci-Fi Womanthology
April 15, 2003 Lightning Source, 1246 Heil Quaker Blvd. La Vergne, TN 37086 615-213-5815 Attn: Olivia Tackett Rock Publishing Co., Jim/Lynne Rock 12403 Saint James Road, Rockville, MD 20850 301-294-2582 Voice 301-294-1683 FAX jarrock@sprintmail.com larrock@earthlink.net Submitting: SCI-FI WOMANTHOLOGY Total Page Count: 372 (12 pages FRONT, 360 text pages) Filenames: 0918736331_Cover.pdfCover/4-color 0918736331txt_001.pdfFRONT MATTER (12 pages) 0918736331txt_002.pdfpage 001 thru page 353 0918736331txt_003.pdfpage 354 thru page 360 (BACK MATTER) FRONT MATTER: 12 pages, NO folios. Pages 1, 2 and 10 are blank. OTHER: Page 11 begins with arabic numeral 1 and numbering continues through page 353. Pages 354 through 360 have no folios. Page 360 is blank. Many thanks, Jim
372 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
About the author
Forrest J. Ackerman
257 books33 followersForrest 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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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.
More: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009969/
http://fancyclopedia.org/forrest-j-ac...
http://www.amazon.com/Forrest-J.-Acke...
http://content.time.com/time/magazine...
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November 10, 2025
This was such a slog. I appreciate the thought behind compiling this, but most of the stories were so dull. I only really liked 3, maybe 4 of them. The rest were rushed, often written in summary rather than showing us anything, and didn't really say anything memorable.
Is this really the best women could do, back then? I struggle to believe it. It must be a matter of the editor's personal taste. Some stories are even sexist, women writers outright stating that the lone female character in their story is far less intelligent than all the male characters, and portraying her as such.
And as much as I accept FAJ's obvious contribution to the genre, his introductions are terrible. I bet if he were talking about male authors, he wouldn't comment left and right on how attractive they are. He was so patronising, too. He even referred to one writer as 'a big girl now'. Speaking as a woman myself...YUCK! No thanks!
Is this really the best women could do, back then? I struggle to believe it. It must be a matter of the editor's personal taste. Some stories are even sexist, women writers outright stating that the lone female character in their story is far less intelligent than all the male characters, and portraying her as such.
And as much as I accept FAJ's obvious contribution to the genre, his introductions are terrible. I bet if he were talking about male authors, he wouldn't comment left and right on how attractive they are. He was so patronising, too. He even referred to one writer as 'a big girl now'. Speaking as a woman myself...YUCK! No thanks!
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