ACKERMAN, FORREST J.: Lot of 6 inscribed items
In 2019 while living in Colorado I was contacted by a bookseller that he had a small lot of pulps and assorted books to sell.After the purchase I noticed two things:1. Most of the older pulps contained a stories by Roman Frederick Starzl.2. Four books and two pulps contained inscriptions by Forrest J. Ackerman.Two inscriptions contained a curious name, '☆zl' and '☆zl of the A-Toms'.I believe that ☆zl is Thomas F. Starzl, grandson of Roman Frederick Starzl a pulp writer in the 1920's and mid 1930's.This may account for the number of pulps containing R. F. Starzl stories.I also believe that the lot was purchased by the bookseller from someone of Thomas F. Starzl's family in Boulder, CO.I was unable to verify this from the bookseller as he would not tell me who he had bought them from.Nor was I able to verify this with Thomas F. Starzl as he had passed in 2016. It is my understanding that Thomas F. Starzl was a fan of science fiction (Pioneers of Wonder, footnote 12, pg. 268) and probably