Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society

Alternate Names
LASFS
Bixel Street
First Documented
1944
Last Documented
2016

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
637 1/2 Bixel Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
United States

Abstract
The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) was created in 1934 (link – LASFS website). In his Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan, T. Bruce Yerke writes that the LASFS used to be the LASFL, or Los Angeles Chapter Number 4, of the Science Fiction League. 
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Citations

Crozetti, Lora. "Confetti for Crozetti", Shangri-L'affaire, Issue 17, Aug. 1944. ONE Archives, Jim Kepner Box 31, Folder 1.

Culp, Jennifer. “Meet the woman who invented cosplay”, Racked online, May 9, 2016.

Laney, Francis T. Ah! Sweet Idiocy! 1948. Found scanned online.

Yerke, T. Bruce. Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan. Vol. 1, The Outsiders, 1944. ONE Archives, Jim Kepner Box 29, Folder 3.

 

 

Geo
34.0659313, -118.2538745
Links
LASFS website
Francis T. Laney's complete Ah! Sweet Idiocy!
Picture of a 1941 Christmas Party at the LASFS
Picture of the clubhouse.
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Abstract
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Abstract
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Pacificon 1946

World Science Fiction conventions, nowadays known as "Worldcon", started in July 1939 in New York. The event was themed "The World of Tomorrow", and gathered 200 participants. It was in that occasion that Forrest Ackerman and Myrtle Douglas (aka Morojo) came dressed in futuristic garb, thus setting the first example of "cosplay" in history. Both costumes were designed by Douglas, who gained the nickname "Mother of Cosplay" from this event (Culp). Later occurrences of the event took place in Chicago, then Denver, and in 1946, Los Angeles, in the Parkview Manor.

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World Science Fiction conventions, nowadays known as "Worldcon", started in July 1939 in New York. The event was themed "The World of Tomorrow", and gathered 200 participants. It was in that occasion that Forrest Ackerman and Myrtle Douglas (aka Morojo) came dressed in futuristic garb, thus setting the first example of "cosplay" in history. Both costumes were designed by Douglas, who gained the nickname "Mother of Cosplay" from this event (Culp). Later occurrences of the event took place in Chicago, then Denver, and in 1946, Los Angeles, in the Parkview Manor.

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World Science Fiction conventions, nowadays known as "Worldcon", started in July 1939 in New York. The event was themed "The World of Tomorrow", and gathered 200 participants. It was in that occasion that Forrest Ackerman and Myrtle Douglas (aka Morojo) came dressed in futuristic garb, thus setting the first example of "cosplay" in history. Both costumes were designed by Douglas, who gained the nickname "Mother of Cosplay" from this event (Culp). Later occurrences of the event took place in Chicago, then Denver, and in 1946, Los Angeles, in the Parkview Manor.

The Acker Mini-Mansion

Abstract
Forrest J. Ackerman, well-known member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society credited with the coining of the term "science-fiction", lived in this small apartment, which he dubbed “the Acker Mini-Mansion”, from 2002 until his death. This name refers to his previous apartments, which he used to exhibit thousands of items related to science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. Much of his collection was auctioned off prior to his move to the Mini-Mansion save for around 100 items, which he allowed people to view on a weekly basis.
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The Acker Mini-Mansion

Abstract
Forrest J. Ackerman, well-known member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society credited with the coining of the term "science-fiction", lived in this small apartment, which he dubbed “the Acker Mini-Mansion”, from 2002 until his death. This name refers to his previous apartments, which he used to exhibit thousands of items related to science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. Much of his collection was auctioned off prior to his move to the Mini-Mansion save for around 100 items, which he allowed people to view on a weekly basis.
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Abstract
The Ackermansion was the home of Forrest J. Ackerman from the early 1950s until 1973 (Astrella and Greene, 18). Ackerman had gathered an impressive collection of film memorabilia, from all kinds of sets having to do with science-fiction, horror or fantasy. Those included costumes, from the early film King Kong, Vampirella’s set, as well as molds and props, including a functioning Gremlin puppet.

The Ackermansion #1

Abstract
The Ackermansion was the home of Forrest J. Ackerman from the early 1950s until 1973 (Astrella and Greene, 18). Ackerman had gathered an impressive collection of film memorabilia, from all kinds of sets having to do with science-fiction, horror or fantasy. Those included costumes, from the early film King Kong, Vampirella’s set, as well as molds and props, including a functioning Gremlin puppet.