{"id":471,"date":"2009-07-13T23:51:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T03:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2009-07-13T23:53:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T03:53:03","slug":"r-i-p-charles-n-brown-1937-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/r-i-p-charles-n-brown-1937-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. &#8212; Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009<\/p>\n<p><em>Locus<\/em> publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon.  (More on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/News\/2009\/07\/charles-n-brown-1937-2009.html\">Locus<\/a> site)<\/p>\n<p>Most of the science fiction community is abuzz this evening as the news about the death of Charles Brown spreads.  I was shocked when I heard since we&#8217;d just gotten back from Readercon late this afternoon.  It&#8217;s so difficult to grasp that he&#8217;s gone.  In panels and in person, he was friendly and incredibly knowledgeable about the field and seemed to always have whatever information was required, stored in memory.  <\/p>\n<p>He will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. (More on the Locus site) Most of the science fiction community is abuzz this evening as the news about the death of Charles Brown spreads. 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