Forrest J. Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi," has died.

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror movie ...

When the novelist Stephen King met the film director Steven Spielberg, their first conversation was about Famous Monsters of Filmland. For 25 years, starting in 1958, there was a good chance that ...