Orty Ortwein

The First Geeks

Ray Bradbury, Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Harryhausen and the Founding of Science Fiction Fandom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The writer Ray Bradbury, science fiction expert Forry Ackerman, and special effects genius Ray Harryhausen are world-famous for their careers involving tales of the imagination. Before anyone had heard of them, they were friends as teens and college-aged boys enjoying all that 1930s L.A. had to offer: getting celebrity autographs, watching blockbuster movies, and haunting dozens of bookstores. As members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Science Fiction League, the three belonged to a tight-knit group that was involved in the earliest science fiction conventions and the birth of cosplay. This book follows the lives and careers of these three literary and film legends and tracks the origins of science fiction fandom. Each chapter builds a chronology of how their paths intertwined, and ultimately connected to, the beginnings of renowned fan conventions like Comic-Con. Devoted science fiction fans and new readers alike will learn how a young friendship launched three illustrious careers and changed the face of science fiction forever.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781476686301
• ISBN-10: 1476686300
• Artikelnr.: 71191662

Autorenporträt

Orton Ortwein is a librarian living in Chicago. He has been published in the Saturday Evening Post and has given numerous talks on Ray Bradbury and science fiction fandom.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue: Comic-Con, 2010
1.
The Bradburys Come to Hollywood
2.
Shep's Shop
3.
Hugo Gernsback and the Science Fiction League
4.
Bradbury Joins the League
5.
Forry Ackerman
6.
Bradbury's First Meeting
7.
Imagination! and the Start of Bradbury's Career
8.
Imagination!, the Second Issue
9.
Imagination!, Issues 3 and 4 10.
Ray Harryhausen Joins the League 11.
The Two Rays Meet 12.
Rocket Boys 13.
The Summer of 1938 14.
Futuria Fantasia 15.
Ackerman and Harryhausen, 1939 16.
Futuria Fantasia, the Second Issue 17.
The First Worldcon, 1939 18.
Bradbury and Ackerman Arrive at Worldcon 19.
"I have seen the future!" The 1939 World's Fair 20.
Worldcon, Day One, July 2, 1939 21.
Worldcon, Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4 22.
Worldcon, the Aftermath 23.
Back to LA 24.
Robert A. Heinlein Joins the League 25.
The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society 26.
The End of Futuria Fantasia 27.
The Second World Science Fiction Convention 28.
The Milwaukee Fictioneers 29.
Chicon 30.
The First Organized Cosplay 31.
Ray Bradbury Is Done Selling Papers 32.
The First Clubroom 33.
The War Comes Home 34.
Denvention 35.
The Fans Go to War 36.
The Second Clubroom 37.
The War on Bixelstrasse 38.
Goodbye, Morojo; Hello, Tigrina 39.
Victory 40.
Significant Others 41.
Dark Carnival 42.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 43.
Forry Ackerman's Agency 44.
The Ackermansion 45.
Harryhausen Moves to London 46.
The First Comic-Con 47.
Passing the Torch 48.
Growing Old, Never Growing Up 49.
The End of the Ackermansion and Famous Monsters 50.
Afterlife Chapter Notes Bibliography Index