As you’ve probably read, Forrest J. Ackerman passed away on Thursday. One of the best things that I’ve heard anyone say about him was Stephen King in the New York Times:
“He was an appreciator, a collector, not a creator,” Mr. King said. “Well, he was a creator in the sense that with the magazine he gave us a window into a world we really wanted to see. He was our Hubble telescope.”
His being “our Hubble telescope” was a great service to SF and the fantastic.
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