rich brown

(July 1, 1942--July 6, 2006)

Aka Dr. Gafia, rich brown was a long-time fanzine fan. He was an active fanzine reviewer and maintained a dictionary of fannish terms, Dr. Gafia's Fan Terms, which is one of the sources used to create Fancyclopedia 3. In the ’60s, he founded, with Arnie Katz, the Brooklyn Insurgents, a fanzine club. He was a member of The Cult.

In mid December, 2001, Dr. Gafia's Fan Terms was added to Fanac.org. In late July, 2005, rich arranged to edit his work on-line and he continued this process, sort of a poor man's Wiki, until just before his death, the last update was made on May 13, 2006.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Beardmutterings
• Califan (brown)
• Climbing on Air (with Linda Blanchard)
• The Enchanted Duplicator (1971 edition, with Arnie Katz)
• Focal Point (with Mike McInerney)
• Grotty
• The Incompleat Terry Carr (with Arnie Katz)
• Slant (with Mike Fern)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1985 -- Norwescon VIII
• 1987 -- Past president of the FWA

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Person

1942—2006

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