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Charter group number four, in Los Angeles, had an active member in Forrest J. Ackerman, who missed the first few meetings (he was living in San Francisco with his parents), but whose enthusiasm and imagination provided a focus for the group. "Forry" and a cadre of other members kept it alive as the science fiction and fantasy genres developed.
Futuria Fantasia was an American science fiction fanzine created by Ray Bradbury in 1938, when he was 18 years old. Though only four issues of the fanzine were published, its list of contributors included Hannes Bok , Forrest J. Ackerman , Henry Kuttner , Damon Knight , and Robert A. Heinlein .
Los Angeles: Art: Located on Miracle Mile, it is Los Angeles' only arts institution dedicated to craft dA Center for the Arts Pomona: San Gabriel Valley: Art: website, community arts center with exhibitions Descanso Gardens: La Cañada Flintridge: San Gabriel Valley: Historic house: Botanic gardens, also features Boddy House, a 22-room mansion ...
Sci-Fest LA (The Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival) is an annual festival featuring one-act plays in the science fiction genre, held in Los Angeles. It was co-founded by veteran Los Angeles theatre producers Michael Blaha and Lee Costello and actor David Dean Bottrell (“Boston Legal”), and was first held at the ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles on May 6, 2014.
The Mañana Literary Society was an informal meeting of science fiction writers in Los Angeles, California.Hosted by Robert A. Heinlein and his second wife Leslyn at their Laurel Canyon home, [1] the membership included authors such as Anthony Boucher, Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, L. Ron Hubbard, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, L. Sprague de Camp, Cleve Cartmill, Leigh Brackett, Roby Wentz ...
Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.
L.A. Comic Con is a three-day multi-genre convention [2] held annually in downtown Los Angeles, California. L.A. Comic Con is one of the largest independent conventions in the United States [3] and encompasses several categories, including comic, horror, sci-fi, anime, gaming, and pop culture, with a particular focus on the local Los Angeles community.
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