Gregg Calkins

(November 4, 1934 – July 31, 2017)

William Gregg Calkins was a fan active primarily in the 1950s and ’60s in Utah and the Bay Area, but more recently in Costa Rica. He was a member of FAPA until at least the 1990s and served as its president in the early ’80s. He had the Starflame Publications publishing house.

Calkins was a player in The Purple Pastures at Pittcon in 1960, and published the respected fanzine Oopsla! from 1952–1961.

Fanzines and Apazines

• Mine! [1975] (probable one-shot)
• Interim [1960]
• Oopsla! [1952-1961]
• OOPS-Fusion [1962] [probable one-shot]
• (Oopsla) Interim [1960] (one-shot)
• The Rambling Fap [mid-50s-mid-80s] (for FAPA)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1976 — Westercon 29

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Person

1934—2017

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