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Fandom’s Forry gets noticed by national press

By David Speakman • December 19, 2005

If you're a science fiction fan and don't know who Forrest J. Ackerman is, you should. If for nothing else, he invented the word "sci fi" back in the 1950s. His legacy goes much beyond that and shows that fans can sometimes impact - and change - the medium they so enjoy.

At 89 years old, he is still one of fandom's active voices. Click here to read a recent Associated Press article profiling Forry.

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David Speakman

David Speakman - known in fannish circles as Davodd - is recovering from almost 20 years as a professional writer and journalist in mainstream print and broadcasting. He recently "retired" from journalism, citing that too many mega-mergers caused news focus to shift from serving the public interest to serving up eyeballs to advertisers. Currently he works full time as a paralegal while attending night law school. A member of N3F on and off since 1984, David's fannish activities in recent days have been curtailed due to time and budget constraints of being a law school student; although he does manage to squeeze in episodes of Battlestar Galactica, issues of Weird Tales magazine and an odd superhero movie "now and then."

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