[SKRIVA] Charles N Brown avliden (trist!)

(Från en utländsk lista, skrivet av Robert Lichtman. Charlie Brown var grundare 
av sf-nyhetsmagasinet Locus. Mycket tråkigt att höra att han gått bort!
 
--Ahrvid
 
Ps. Det kommer kompletterande slutrapport om Finncon. Jag är dock bara för 
trött för att skriva det nu. Men det kommer.) 
 
From the LOCUS Website, just released:
 
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.
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 in the '60s. He married 
twice, to Marsha Elkin (1962-69), who helped him start Locus, and to Dena 
Benatan (1970-77), who co-edited Locus for many years while he worked full 
time. He moved to San Francisco in 1972, working as a nuclear engineer until 
becoming a full-time SF editor in 1975. The Locus offices have been in Brown's 
home in the Oakland hills since 1973.
Brown co-founded Locus with Ed Meskys and Dave Vanderwerf as a one-sheet news 
fanzine in 1968, originally created to help the Boston Science Fiction Group 
win its Worldcon bid. Brown enjoyed editing Locus so much that he continued the 
magazine far beyond its original planned one-year run. Locus was nominated for 
its first Hugo Award in 1970, and Brown was a best fan writer nominee the same 
year. Locus won the first of its 29 Hugos in 1971.
During Brown's long and illustrious career he was the first book reviewer for 
Asimov's; wrote the Best of the Year summary for Terry Carr's annual 
anthologies (1975-87); wrote numerous magazines and newspapers; edited several 
SF anthologies; appeared on countless convention panels; was a frequent Guest 
of Honor, speaker, and judge at writers' seminars; and has been a jury member 
for various major SF awards.
As per his wishes, Locus will continue to publish, with executive editor Liza 
Groen Trombi taking over as editor-in-chief with the August 2009 issue.
A complete obituary with tributes and a photo retrospective will appear in the 
August issue.
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/07/charles-n-brown-1937-2009.html
....I'd heard of this about half an hour before the posting, but was sworn to 
DNQ until the above appeared. I wonder who will now "own" LOCUS.


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