I SAID STOP WITH THE DYING ALREADY!

[seawasp]

Now it's the Grandest Old Fan of them all, Forrest J. Ackerman. "Forry" was perhaps the living SOUL of fandom for years. There is, as far as I know, no one even vaguely like him available to "take his place", if such a thing was possible, which it really isn't.

I wish I could have met him once. But once more one of the greats is gone.

Where's my bloody immortality serum?!

Comments

[midnightlurker.livejournal.com]

...I had no idea he was still alive. o.O;

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

I still mourn Hal Clement. He was at every single SF convention I'd ever attended up until he passed away, and I still find myself looking for him each and every time I go to one. What a great, nice, wonderful guy he was. )-:

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

Oh, my gosh, yes. What a sweet, sweet soul he was. I was so honored when he fell asleep in my Con Suite. If you were running programming at a con, he was one of the best people you could have.

[seawasp]

I saw him twice. The first time I was in my teens and cornered him for something like an hour and a half and probably bored the poor guy to TEARS, but he was kind and courteous and never let my geeky self know.

The second time was at Albacon, the last convention he was at before he passed away. I was able to thank him for putting up with me and let him know how much I appreciated his work as well.

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

Rusty Hevelin, Dave Kyle and Fred Pohl are still with us. That cheers me up.

If it helps, he got to celebrate his 92nd birthday. That's better than most of us get.

[seawasp]

Kyle I've met several times, and while I didn't think his Lensman books were truly up to Civilization's standards, I think he's an extremely nice guy who's done a lot of good for the SF community.

[j-v-lynch.livejournal.com]

I met him once. It was at the world con in winnipeg in, 1996 i think. he was a lovely man. very friendly and genial. fandom's loss.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

This is real? It's not a false alarm this time?

[seawasp]

Alas, no false alarm this time. Forry's gone to the BIG convention.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Bugger. Bugger. Bugger.

May he rest in peace. He did so many amazing things for so many.

[blackwingbear.livejournal.com]

I was lucky enough to meet Uncle Forry once. he will definitely be missed.