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R.I.P, Charles N. Brown
IROSF Science Fiction News —
(Originally posted at Locus Online News) Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009 - posted at 7/13/2009 09:46:00 AM PT Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon. Charles Nikki Brown was born June 24, 1937 in Brooklyn NY, where he grew up. He attended the City College of New York, taking time off from 1956-59 to serve in the US Navy, and finished his degree (BS in physics and engineering) at night on the GI Bill while working as a junior engineer ...
Locus Magazine Co-Founder Charles N. Brown: 1937-2009
Ecstatic Days —
... Charles N. Brown has died. As the co-founder and publisher of Locus Magazine, he helped to connect the genre community, especially before the advent of the internet, and to review and record the impact of SF/fantasy through its books. He will be missed. ...
RIP, Charles Brown
Et in arcaedia, ego. —
As per too many sources around the blogosphere, Charles N. Brown, founder and publisher of Locus magazine passed away yesterday. Locus reports on it here. Having just seen him at Readercon this past weekend, it doesn't quite feel real to me. SFFdom will not be the same without him. My sympathies to his family and all who cared for him.
RIP Charles N. Brown
Justine Larbalestier —
... Charles N. Brown was the publisher of Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field. He was well known throughout the SFF world for this love and support for the field and his enormous generosity. ...
RIP: Charles Brown
SF Signal —
... Locusis reporting that Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon. ...
Locus Publisher, Editor and longtime voice of SFF News and Reviews, Charles Brown Dies at 72
Fantasy Book Critic —
... that Charles Brown the co-founder, publisher and editor of the most influential sff magazine of modern times Locus has just passed away peacefully in his sleep on his way home from Readercon. ...
Editor Charles N. Brown Has Died
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat —
Yesterday Charles N. Brown, the 72-year-old editor and co-founder Locus Magazine, passed away.
During Brown's tenure at Locus, the magazine has won a total of 29 Hugo Awards and published news, interviews, and reviews about science fiction and fantasy books. Brown was the first writer to review books Asimov's Science Fiction, an anthology editor, and a newspaper and magazine writer.
Here's more from his obituary: "Brown co-founded Locus with Ed Meskys and Dave ...
Omni Daily News
Omnivoracious —
... Science Fiction Innovator, Charlies Nikki Brown (1937-2009): Charles N. Brown, the co-founder and publisher of Locus Magazine, the
Billboard of science fiction and fantasy, passed away on Sunday, July 12th.
Over several decades his publication chronicled the business and art of genre
fiction with a rare precision and level of detail. [Locus] ...
In the News: Spanish Cabal, Perverted Translation
The Book Bench —
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Frank McCourt is gravely ill.
Charles Brown, the publisher, editor, and co-founder of Locus magazine, has died at the age of seventy-two.
Internet Sites of Paranormal Interest
Patricia's Vampire Notes —
Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009 - Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon. Read more... Vampire-Con. The weekend-long event debuts August 14th Find Your Inner Vampire | "Rare ...
ReaderCon Part One- And A Sad Note
The Boston Bibliophile —
... , a prominent magazine in the genre. Brown was also a speaker and moderator on several panels I attended and while I was not familiar with him before this weekend, he struck me as an incredibly knowledgeable, passionate and dignified advocate of science fiction and fantasy literature, and I am sure he will be missed. You can read the notice of his passing in Locus here. ...
Charles Brown Has Died
Reading The Leaves - —
... riches. He explained that there used to be a time when you could really have hold of the entire field, and have real conversations with others about everything that was important; the loss of that sense of community was what he mourned. Despite that, though, it always seemed like he had read everything worth reading in the field. His recommendations always led me to good stuff, and his editorials in Locus were always great fun to read.
Locus's own obituary is here. The great website Bibliophile Stalker has a compilation of tributes here ...
Eleven Days or Thereabouts
Neil Gaiman's Journal —
... been dragooned into being part of one of these mechanisms, I wound up seeing Charles every few years at meetings which existed, as far as I could tell, solely so that he could see a bunch of his friends once a year and point out to them, with a delighted chortle, that he was not dead yet and had no need of their help: have a bagel. (I suspect, by the way, that the Locus Special Offer for readers of this blog still applies, seeing the webpage is still up.) This is his placeholder Obituary in Locus. The last time I saw him we had brunch in the Hotel ...
