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'''Jim Caughran''' is a long-time [[fan]], active since he was a teenager in [[Lincoln, NE]], in the 1950s. He began the process of bringing [[Fancyclopedia 2]] to the web as [[Fancyclopedia 3]] and was Fancy 3's first editor.  
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'''James Gilbert Caughran''' was a longtime [[fan]], active since he was a teenager in [[Lincoln, NE]], in the 1950s, until his death. He began the process of bringing [[Fancyclopedia 2]] to the web as [[Fancyclopedia 3]] and was Fancy 3's first editor.  
  
He was a cast member of ''[[The Musquite Kid Rides Again]]'' and was a member of [[The Cult]] and [[OMPA]]. He attended [[Illwiscon]] in 1958.  
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He was a cast member of ''[[The Musquite Kid Rides Again]]'' in 1960. He was a member of [[FAPA]], [[The Cult]] and [[OMPA]]. He hitchhiked from [[Nebraska]] to [[Illwiscon]] in [[Chicago]] in 1958.  
  
[[John Trimble]] published ''[[A Fanzine for Jim Caughran]]'' in May 1962.
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[[John Trimble]] [[published]] ''[[A Fanzine for Jim Caughran]]'' in May 1962.
  
Jim went to college at the University of California-Berkeley. He now lives in [[Toronto]].  
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Jim went to college at the University of California-Berkeley and earned a master’s degree and Ph.d. at the University of Michigan. He lived in [[Toronto]] at the time of his death.  
  
 
{{Fanzines}}
 
{{Fanzines}}
 
* ''[[A L'Abandon]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[A L'Abandon]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
* ''[[A Propos Du Barean]]'' in the late 50s with [[Ron Ellik]]
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* ''[[A Propos Du Barean]]'' [late 1950s] (with [[Ron Ellik]])
 
* ''[[A Propos de Rien]]'' (his [[Fapazine]])
 
* ''[[A Propos de Rien]]'' (his [[Fapazine]])
 
* ''[[Erratic]]''
 
* ''[[Erratic]]''
* ''[[If It's Friday, This Must Be Rajasthan]]'' (in 2006 with [[Janet Carrington]])
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* ''[[If It's Friday, This Must Be Rajasthan]]'' [2006] (with [[Janet Carrington]])
 
* ''[[Road Bash]]'' [1958] (with [[Lars Bourne]])
 
* ''[[Road Bash]]'' [1958] (with [[Lars Bourne]])
 
* ''[[Virtual Paper]]''
 
* ''[[Virtual Paper]]''
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Latest revision as of 23:54, 6 August 2024

(October 16, 1940 – August 6, 2024)

James Gilbert Caughran was a longtime fan, active since he was a teenager in Lincoln, NE, in the 1950s, until his death. He began the process of bringing Fancyclopedia 2 to the web as Fancyclopedia 3 and was Fancy 3's first editor.

He was a cast member of The Musquite Kid Rides Again in 1960. He was a member of FAPA, The Cult and OMPA. He hitchhiked from Nebraska to Illwiscon in Chicago in 1958.

John Trimble published A Fanzine for Jim Caughran in May 1962.

Jim went to college at the University of California-Berkeley and earned a master’s degree and Ph.d. at the University of Michigan. He lived in Toronto at the time of his death.

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