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{{Short description|American literary editor and publisher (1937–2009)}}

'''Charles Nikki Brown''' is the founder of [[Locus (magazine) |Locus]], a magazine dealing with the [[Science fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] genres of literature. He was born on [[June 24]],[[1934]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. He served in the [[United States Navy]] and worked as a nuclear engineer before becoming a full time [[Science fiction]] editor in [[1975]].

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| name = Charles N. Brown

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| birth_name = Charles Nikki Brown

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|6|24}}

| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|7|12|1937|6|24}}

| death_place = New York, U.S.

| occupation = Editor, writer

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| period = c. 1968–2009

| genre = Science fiction, fantasy

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| awards = [[Hugo Award]]

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'''Charles Nikki Brown''' (June 24, 1937 – July 12, 2009)<ref name="obit">{{cite news | title = Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009 | work = Locus Online | place = Oakland, CA | date = 2009-07-13 | url = http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/07/charles-n-brown-1937-2009.html | access-date = 2009-07-13}}</ref> was an American publishing editor, the co-founder and editor of ''[[Locus (magazine)|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;<ref name="obit" /> 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.<ref name="obit" />

== Career ==

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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.

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In 1970, it was first nominated in the category of [[Hugo Award for Best Fanzine]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 1970 Hugo Awards | work = The Hugo Awards | publisher = WSFS | year = 2009 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=49 | access-date = 2009-07-14}}</ref> The following year at the 29th Worldcon, the first [[29th World Science Fiction Convention|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).<ref>{{cite web | title = 1971 Hugo Awards | work = The Hugo Awards | publisher = WSFS | year = 2009 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=48 | access-date = 2009-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Kelly | first = Mark R. | title = Hugo Awards Records and Tallies | work = The Locus Index to SF Awards | publisher = Locus Online | year = 2009 | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoTallies.html | access-date = 2009-07-14 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090429065750/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoTallies.html | archive-date = 2009-04-29 }}</ref>

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== Death ==

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Brown died peacefully in his sleep on his way home from [[Readercon]] at the age of 72.<ref name="obit" /> He previously had been announced as one of the [[Science fiction convention#Guests of Honor|guests of honor]] at [[69th World Science Fiction Convention|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.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Silver | first = Steven | author-link = Steven H Silver | title = Worldcon 2009, NASFiC 2010, Worldcon 2011 | work = SF Site News | publisher = SF Site.com | date = August 11, 2009 | url = http://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/08/11/worldcon-2009-nasfic-2010-worldcon-2011/ | access-date = June 26, 2010 | archive-date = 27 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170927053000/https://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/08/11/worldcon-2009-nasfic-2010-worldcon-2011/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==References==

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*[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091009030904/http://www.sfwa.org/news/2009/cnbrown.htm Obituary at Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America]

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