Charles N. Brown, founder, editor and publisher of one of the cornerstones of the contemporary science fiction community, the multiple Hugo winning Locus magazine, has passed away at the age of 72. According to Locus Charles passed away in his sleep on the way home from Readercon yesterday. In addition to the famed Locus, which he started in 1968 as a one-sheet to help the Boston SF group with its Worldcon bid, Charles was the first book reviewer for Asimov’s, wrote countless magazine and newspaper articles, was involved in various anthologies, spoke at many a convention panel and basically put a huge amount of energy into promoting and celebrating the genre. Executive editor Liza Groen Trombi will succeed him as editor of Locus, as per his wishes and will take over from the August issue, which will contain a full obituary. (via Boing Boing)
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