Charles N. Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles N. Brown

American science fiction editor

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2009

Profession: writer, editor, nuclear engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Charles N. Brown

  • Charles Nikki Brown (June 24, 1937 – July 12, 2009) was an American publishing editor, the co-founder and editor of Locus, the long-running news and reviews magazine covering the genres of science fiction and fantasy literature.
  • Brown was born on June 24, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York.
  • He attended City College until 1956, when he joined the military at age 18; Brown served in the United States Navy for three years.
  • Following his discharge from navy service, he went to work as a nuclear engineer but later on changed careers and entered the publishing field; Brown became a full-time science fiction editor with Locus in 1975.Along with Ed Meskys and Dave Vanderwerf, Charles N.
  • Brown founded Locus in 1968 as a news fanzine to promote a bid to host the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention in Boston.
  • Originally intended to run only until the site-selection vote was taken at St.
  • Louiscon, the 1969 Worldcon in St.
  • Louis, Missouri, Brown decided to continue publishing Locus as a general science fiction and fantasy news fanzine.
  • It quickly began to fill the void left when the decades-old news fanzine Science Fiction Times (formerly Fantasy Times, founded 1941) ceased publication in 1970 during the same time period.
  • Locus gradually evolved into the field's professional trade journal and remains so today.
  • In 1970 it was first nominated in the category of Hugo Award for Best Fanzine.
  • The following year at the 29th Worldcon, the first Noreascon that Locus was founded to promote and support, Brown's news fanzine won its first of a record 29 Hugo Awards (as of 2008).Brown died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 72.
  • He previously had been announced as one of the guests of honor at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, Nevada.
  • In accordance with established Worldcon tradition, he was retained as a guest of honor in memory of his longtime contributions to the science fiction field.

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