Difference between revisions of "Jim Young"
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| − | [[File:Jim Young at ConJose.jpg|thumb|Jim Young at ConJose | + | [[File:Jim Young at ConJose.jpg|thumb|'''Jim Young at [[ConJose]].''' ''Photo by [[Mark Olson]].'']] |
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| − | Jim Young was a [[Minneapolis]] teenager who found out about [[fandom]] from [[Jean Berman]], a classmate and became a member of [[APA-45]]. He was soon one of the [[Minn-STF]] "floundering fathers". He was [[chairman]] or (chairman emeritus) of many early [[Minicons]] (including nearly all of [[Minicon 1]] through [[Minicon 10]]), and a founder of the [[Minneapolis in '73]] [[bid]]. He was a [[fan writer]], artist, and song writer: | + | '''Jim Young''' was a [[Minneapolis]] teenager who found out about [[fandom]] from [[Jean Berman]], a classmate, and became a member of [[APA-45]]. He was soon one of the [[Minn-STF]] "floundering fathers". He was [[chairman]] or (chairman emeritus) of many early [[Minicon (MN)|Minicons]] (including nearly all of [[Minicon 1]] through [[Minicon 10]]), and a founder of the [[Minneapolis in '73]] [[bid]]. He was a [[fan writer]], [[artist]], and song writer: |
Don't ever be a dodo | Don't ever be a dodo | ||
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Well, OK. | Well, OK. | ||
| − | He ''was'' a writer who wrote two [[SF]] novels, ''The Face of the Deep'' (Pocket 1979) and ''Armed Memory'' (Tor 1995) as well as a number of shorter works. Until he retired, he was a career diplomat with the State Department Foreign Service. After retirement, he did writing and acting in Hollywood films. | + | He ''was'' a writer who wrote two [[SF]] novels, ''The Face of the Deep'' (Pocket, 1979) and ''Armed Memory'' (Tor, 1995) as well as a number of shorter works. Until he retired, he was a career diplomat with the State Department Foreign Service. After retirement, he did writing and acting in [[Hollywood]] films. |
| − | He published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Hoop]]'' in the late | + | He [[published]] the [[fanzine]] ''[[Hoop]]'' in the late 1960s as well as ''[[Bathtubs of the Moon]]'', and was the [[editor]] of a number of issues of ''[[Rune]]''. He was a member of [[Minneapa]], contributing his [[apazine]], ''[[The Plumbing of Pluto]]''. He published the [[Minneapolis in '73 Filksong Book]] in 1969 for [[Minneapolis in '73]]. |
At [[Loncon 3]], [[Karen Schaffer]] published a memorial [[fanzine]], ''[[Remembering Jim Young]]''. | At [[Loncon 3]], [[Karen Schaffer]] published a memorial [[fanzine]], ''[[Remembering Jim Young]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 12:15, 9 August 2021
(1951 – June 12, 2012)
Jim Young was a Minneapolis teenager who found out about fandom from Jean Berman, a classmate, and became a member of APA-45. He was soon one of the Minn-STF "floundering fathers". He was chairman or (chairman emeritus) of many early Minicons (including nearly all of Minicon 1 through Minicon 10), and a founder of the Minneapolis in '73 bid. He was a fan writer, artist, and song writer:
Don't ever be a dodo For if you are a dodo It shows that you've read Golgol And Golgol's just so-so
Well, OK.
He was a writer who wrote two SF novels, The Face of the Deep (Pocket, 1979) and Armed Memory (Tor, 1995) as well as a number of shorter works. Until he retired, he was a career diplomat with the State Department Foreign Service. After retirement, he did writing and acting in Hollywood films.
He published the fanzine Hoop in the late 1960s as well as Bathtubs of the Moon, and was the editor of a number of issues of Rune. He was a member of Minneapa, contributing his apazine, The Plumbing of Pluto. He published the Minneapolis in '73 Filksong Book in 1969 for Minneapolis in '73.
At Loncon 3, Karen Schaffer published a memorial fanzine, Remembering Jim Young.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1980 -- Noncon 3
- 2005 -- Minicon 40
| Person | 1951—2012 |
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