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A [[pro]] from the [[LA area]] who was a frequent contributor to ''[[Amazing]]'' in the 20s and 30s.  He holds the distinction of having been [[Forrest J Ackerman's]] first pro contact -- Ackerman, age maybe ten years, showed up at his door in Beverly Hills to get an autograph.  He also got cookies.  They became long-time friends.
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'''Alfred Johannes “Bob” Olsen, Jr.''', a [[pro]] from the [[LA area]], was a frequent contributor to ''[[Amazing]]'' in the 1920s and ’30sHe was a member of [[Chicon]] in 1940.
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He holds the distinction of having been [[Forrest J Ackerman]]’s first pro contact — Ackerman, aged maybe 10 years, showed up at his door in Beverly Hills to get an autograph.  He also got cookies.  They became longtime friends.
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Alfred Johannes “Bob” Olsen, Jr., a pro from the LA area, was a frequent contributor to Amazing in the 1920s and ’30s. He was a member of Chicon in 1940.

He holds the distinction of having been Forrest J Ackerman’s first pro contact — Ackerman, aged maybe 10 years, showed up at his door in Beverly Hills to get an autograph. He also got cookies. They became longtime friends.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.



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