Writer and fan, Jim Young, 61, died on June 12, a week after being admitted to a Fullerton CA hospital for emergency surgery on a brain tumor. Young was the author of two SF novels, The Face of the Deep (1979) and Armed Memory (1995). He also wrote a few short stories. “The Whirlwind,” appeared in F&SF (Jan./Feb. 2011), and “Spamhead,” appeared in 10Flash Quarterly (March 2011). Young was active in Minneapolis fandom in the ’60’s and ’70s.

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