Locus is reporting that Charlie Brown, founder of the magazine, has passed away. Charlie has been an icon of science fiction fandom (and pro-dom) for as long as I've been around, and the field will miss him greatly...
Other people are refering to him that way too, so I don't know if I just made that up. let's see. Graham (http://www.locusmag.com/Roundtable/2009/07/charles-n-brown.html), who worked with him for the past 4 years, refers to him as Charles. Cory (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/13/rip-charles-brown-of.html), who wrote a column for the magazine, refers to him as Charles. If I didn't make it up it's probably something that Liza or Neil told me, or that I read somewhere, but I think it was mostly a concern that his name in print be distinguished from that of the Peanuts character.
So I'm thinking it's not that he minded being called that in person, but may have been particular about it in print. Or I could be wrong... never know where the mind gets these sort of things, but as a copyeditor I'm more sensitive to how people prefer to be listed in print than anything else, and those aren't conventions people need to retain socially (for instance, people call Tobias S. Buckell Toby with frequency...)
I'm on an e-mail list with several writers who have known him for decades, and most of them are referring to him as "Charlie," FWIW....
And I'mone of those who call our Mr. Buckell "Toby" all the time -- he's never once indicated that he didn't care for that. I've been in conversations with him, electronic and in person, for a decade now.
Journal posts -- IMO -- are more conversation than formal 'print'. It would seem unnecessarily formal (to me) for you or any of my friends to refer to me as "Stephen Leigh" (or "S.L. Farrell") in their blog. The NY Times can use my full name... :-)
oh yeah, that was exactly my point. Tobias doesn't mind being called Toby and I would guess Charles didn't mind getting called Charlie and my first comment was totally wrong- it just stuck in my mind due to the printed form preference but was not in fact a general rule.
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So I'm thinking it's not that he minded being called that in person, but may have been particular about it in print. Or I could be wrong... never know where the mind gets these sort of things, but as a copyeditor I'm more sensitive to how people prefer to be listed in print than anything else, and those aren't conventions people need to retain socially (for instance, people call Tobias S. Buckell Toby with frequency...)
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And I'mone of those who call our Mr. Buckell "Toby" all the time -- he's never once indicated that he didn't care for that. I've been in conversations with him, electronic and in person, for a decade now.
Journal posts -- IMO -- are more conversation than formal 'print'. It would seem unnecessarily formal (to me) for you or any of my friends to refer to me as "Stephen Leigh" (or "S.L. Farrell") in their blog. The NY Times can use my full name... :-)
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sorry about that.