The American Philosophical Society describes his historical paintings as " verity with verisimilitude ", and art historian Gerald Ackerman, Professor Emeritus at Pomona College, describes them as " splendid in the accuracy of accessories, clothing and especially in the details of land conveyances and ships ", but " extremely dry in execution and rather monotonous in composition.

Ackerman and Ayres contend that if candidates do not know for sure who is contributing to their campaigns they are unlikely to take unpopular stances to court large donors which could jeopardize donations flowing from voter vouchers.

Fishkin and Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackerman have proposed a national holiday called Deliberation Day to allow voters to gather in large and small groups to discuss political issues.

The museum's planners collaborated with the architectural firm Ackerman & Ross to complete building alterations in order to accommodate the exhibits.

Ackerman was a board member of the Seattle Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, where many items of his collection are now displayed.

In 1923, Pope was appointed director of the not-yet-opened California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Ackerman was named assistant director, and the two traveled in Europe to develop a collection for the new museum.

* Some of the dinosaur models used in the film came into the famous collection of the fantasy lover Forrest J Ackerman.

Forrest J. Ackerman ( born Forrest James Ackerman ; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008 ) was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan.

Ackerman was a Los Angeles, California-based magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom and possibly the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia.

Also called " Forry ," " The Ackermonster ," " 4e " and " 4SJ ," Ackerman was central to the formation, organization, and spread of science fiction fandom, and a key figure in the wider cultural perception of science fiction as a literary, art and film genre.

Ackerman saw his first " imagi-movie " in 1922 ( One Glorious Day ), purchased his first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926, created The Boys ' Scientifiction Club in 1930 (" girl-fans were as rare as unicorn's horns in those days ").

Through his magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland ( 1958 – 1983 ), Ackerman introduced the history of the science fiction, fantasy and horror film genres to a generation of young readers.

In the 1960s, Ackerman organized the publication of an English translation in the U. S. of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan, the longest science fiction series in history.

Ackerman also used the paperback series to promote science fiction short stories, including his own on occasion.

A lifelong fan of science fiction " B-movies ", Ackerman had cameos in over 210 films, including bit parts in many monster movies and science fiction films ( The Howling, Innocent Blood, Return of the Living Dead Part II ), more traditional " imagi-movies " The Time Travelers, Future War, spoofs and comedies ( Amazon Women on the Moon, Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold, The Wizard of Speed and Time ), and at least one major music video ( Michael Jackson's Thriller ).

Ackerman appeared extensively on-screen discussing his life and the history of science fiction fandom in the 2006 documentary film Finding the Future.

In 2003, Ackerman said, " I aim at hitting 100 and becoming the George Burns of science fiction ".

But as Chu points out, there are plenty of examples of science fiction poetry and verse by writers including Diane Ackerman, Emily Dickinson, Suzette Haden Elgin ( who founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and authored The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook ), Ruth Fainlight, Robert Frazier, Cathy Park Hong, Andrew Joron, and Frederick Turner, among many others.

* Cameos in the film include science fiction and film industry personalities ( Forrest J. Ackerman, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ward Kimball, Will Ryan ), as well as actual " Big Name " stars ( composer John Massari, a pre -" Miami Vice " Philip Michael Thomas ).

The term " sci-fi " was publicly adopted as an alternate form of " science fiction " by Forrest (" Forry ") J Ackerman by 1954, in analogy to the then-cutting edge " hi-fi ".

Ackerman was a long-time fan who created Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, which celebrated the monster / SF movies that were frowned upon by many hardcore science fiction fans as being too poor in quality to be taken seriously, and definitely not to be confused with " real " science fiction.

Indeed, they were the first science fiction images seen by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Forrest J Ackerman and others who would go on to great prominence in the field.

* Bruce Ackerman, constitutional and political science scholar and op-ed writer.

Lamont stated he was the fiction editor, with Ackerman in charge of reprints.

Alex Soma's Horrors of the Screen, Calvin T. Beck's Journal of Frankenstein ( later Castle of Frankenstein ) and Gary Svehla ’ s Gore Creatures were the first horror fanzines created as more serious alternatives to the popular Forrest J Ackerman 1958 magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland.

Famous Monsters of Filmland was originally conceived as a one-shot publication by Warren and Ackerman, published in the wake of the widespread success of the package of old horror movies syndicated to American television in 1957.

He hails from Ackerman Forest ( a pun on horror honcho Forrest J Ackerman ) which is somewhere in the Fright Side.

Another long-time close friend was " Famous Monsters of Filmland " magazine editor, book writer, and sci-fi collector Forrest J Ackerman, who loaned Harryhausen his photos of King Kong in 1933, right after Harryhausen had seen the film for the first time.

The sound-poem, Primiti Too Taa, based on Schwitters ' Ursonate ( Sonata in primitive sounds ), was made into an animated short film by Ed Ackerman, featuring Morton's voice and a stop-motion animation of moving letters, made using a typewriter.

Famous Monsters of Filmland is a genre-specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman.

The film features interviews with Ackerman and several of the current top names in the science fiction genre, including Peter Jackson and Rick Baker, who attest to the influence of the magazine and of Ackerman himself.

Other notable people in the cast included voice actors Corey Burton and Phil Hartman, talk show host Arsenio Hall, adult film actress Monique Gabrielle, science fiction writer Forrest J Ackerman, B-movie stars Lana Clarkson and Sybil Danning, musician B. B.

In 1995, U. S. representatives Bill McCollum of Florida and Gary Ackerman of New York distributed the documentary to every member of the House of Representatives, accompanied by a letter urging them to watch the film before the House began debating anti-terrorism legislation that summer.

Nineteen-year-old Val Warren, who is billed as Teenage Werewolf in the film ’ s closing credits, was the first prize winner in Forest Ackerman ’ s Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine's National Horror Makeup Contest ( beating out Rick Baker, who would later go on to win three Oscars for makeup artistry ).

Bradbury was invited by Forrest J. Ackerman to attend the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, which at the time met at Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles.

In January 1932, the New York City circle, which by then included future comic book editors Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger, brought out the first issue of their own publication, The Time Traveller, with Forrest J Ackerman of the embryonic Los Angeles group as a contributing editor.

Ackerman and Ayres compare this system to the reforms adopted in the late 19th century aimed to prevent vote buying, which led to our current secret ballot process.

At the same time, rival networks NBC, ABC, and DuMont were showing interest in a Ball-Arnaz series, which Ackerman used to convince CBS to sign the duo.

When Rosemary Ackerman takes the stand, Beverly destroys her credibility by revealing that it was Ackerman's magazine which was the source for the nuisance letters to Dottie Hinkle, Ackerman's firepoker ( which she purchased at the same swap meet where Carl was killed ), which was used to kill Carl Pageant, and Ackerman's scissors ( which Beverly " borrowed ") that were found at the Sterner murder scene.

Beverly gets Ackerman to admit she doesn't recycle, which provokes exaggerated disgust from the jury.

" A year later, Weisinger, Schwartz and Allen Glasser joined fellow-future professional editor Forrest J. Ackerman in founding The Time Traveller, which they styled " Science Fiction's Only Fan Magazine ".

" St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin, Tom Ackerman, Ron Jacober, and Kevin Wheeler host " Sports Open Line ", which airs every weekday night.

Under the name " Isaac Ackerman " he wrote a biopic screenplay about Chaliapin, in which he was to play the lead and also a young Nelson Eddy, but it was never produced.

", and in another 1936 letter to Leiber " I'm glad to hear of your perusal of Last and First Men — a volume which to my mind forms the greatest of all achievements in the field that Master Ackerman would denominate " scientifiction ".

The world, in which the learner needs to operate, does not approach one in the form of different subjects, but as a complex myriad of facts, problems, dimensions, and perceptions ( Ackerman 1996 ).

To Ackerman, liberalism is a kind of structured conversation in which verbal negotiation among those with differing visions of the good life is an alternative to the exercise of naked power.

but unlike the others could find Roman precedents, of which he named the arena of Verona and the arena and theatre of Pula, both of which, James Ackerman points out, are arcuated buildings that did not present columns and entablatures.

" This award, which was not revived when the Hugos became institutionalized in 1955, was given to Forrest J Ackerman.

Along with Greater Oklahoma City Chamber President Ron Ackerman, Norick and their staffs developed the Metropolitan Area Projects or MAPS, which approval led to the construction of the Bricktown ballpark and a tree-lined, mile-long canal through the district, as well as other projects in downtown.

The magazine regularly published photos from King Kong ( 1933 ), including one from the film's infamous " spider pit sequence ", featured in Issue # 108 ( 1974 ) which, until Ackerman discovered a photo of a spider in the cavern setting, had never been proven definitively to have actually been filmed.

Warren and Ackerman created a jump in issue numbering from issue 69, which was printed in September 1970, to issue 80 in October 1970.

Ferry, poised to restart publication of FM on a quarterly basis, offered Ackerman the position of editor-in-chief for a fee of $ 2, 500 per issue, which he accepted.