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| − | '''Robert | + | '''Robert Arthur Hoffman''', aka '''Rah Hoffman''' and '''Hoffmania''', was a fan and [[fanartist]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in the 1940s (and from various overseas assignments while in the [[Army]]). He belonged to [[LASFS]] and drew for members’ [[fanzines]]. He wrote one piece as '''Sklifo''' and was featured in [[Ackermaniac Presents Hoffmania]]. |
[[F. T. Laney]], with whom he [[corresponded]], described Bob in ''[[ASI]]'': | [[F. T. Laney]], with whom he [[corresponded]], described Bob in ''[[ASI]]'': | ||
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At [[Pacificon]], the 1946 [[Worldcon]], Hoffman appeared in the [[masquerade]] in a professional makeup recreation of Boris Karloff’s [[Frankenstein]] Monster. | At [[Pacificon]], the 1946 [[Worldcon]], Hoffman appeared in the [[masquerade]] in a professional makeup recreation of Boris Karloff’s [[Frankenstein]] Monster. | ||
| + | * [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?235547 R. A. Hoffman on ISFDB] | ||
| + | * {{link | website=https://desturmobed.blogspot.com/2019/02/rah-hoffman.html|text=Lesser-Known Writers: Rah Hoffman}} | ||
| − | {{person}} [[Category:fan | + | {{person | born=1920 | died=2013}} |
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[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
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Revision as of 08:51, 13 October 2022
(November 25, 1920 – February 25, 2013)
Robert Arthur Hoffman, aka Rah Hoffman and Hoffmania, was a fan and fanartist in Los Angeles, California in the 1940s (and from various overseas assignments while in the Army). He belonged to LASFS and drew for members’ fanzines. He wrote one piece as Sklifo and was featured in Ackermaniac Presents Hoffmania.
F. T. Laney, with whom he corresponded, described Bob in ASI:
Bob Hoffman (or RAH as he prefers to be called) has always had too much sense to allow himself1 to be dragged very deep into fandom. His ruling passion is classical music, and his musical studies both at USC and under well-known Hollywood figures is calculated to land him in the musical end of the motion picture industry. Bob has the largest symphonic record collection of any LASFSer, and in addition collects sound tracks, motion picture music, Cole Porter, and other similar stuff. He is totally non-hep. His interest in fantasy is a sideline, as is his artwork of various kinds, but he has a very fine collection of the stuff that makes fans go mad when they view it at Ackerman’s. Bob is a good conversationalist and a good mixer; it is too bad he is such an esthete! But esthete or no, he was a prime mover in THE ACOLYTE from the moment he first hove on the scene until Uncle finally sent him overseas.
At Pacificon, the 1946 Worldcon, Hoffman appeared in the masquerade in a professional makeup recreation of Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster.
| Person | 1920—2013 |
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