[SCIENCE FICTION]. Signed photograph of Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and Julius Schwartz. Ca. 2001.

Photographic image of Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and Julius Schwartz at a science fiction convention. Visible area 7.75 x 10.75 in., overall 14 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. Matted and framed (not examined out of frame). Provenance: Forrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008), American editor, magazine publisher, and science fiction author; acquired by the present owner directly from Ackerman.

SIGNED BY BRADBURY, HARRYHAUSEN, AND SCHWARTZ WITH ADDITIONAL GIFT INSCRIPTION BY BRADBURY TO FORREST J. ACKERMAN, "Happy birthday, 4E! - Ray." The bond between Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and Julius Schwartz stretched all the way back to the 1930s, when all four men were members and contributors to various fanzines and science fiction organizations. Ackerman and Schwartz founded The Time Traveller, one of the first science fiction fanzines, in 1932, while Bradbury was a regular contributor to Ackerman's later fanzine, Imagination!, as was Bradbury's friend and future special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen.