Posted on 01/23/2016 1:02:29 PM PST by Perdogg
Influential science fiction author and editor David G. Hartwell has died, aged 74.
Hartwell edited thousands of books and was nominated for the Hugo Award 41 times. He spent the last 30-plus years as an editor for Tor Books, whose founder Tom Doherty wrote âno editor was more influential in the shaping of science fiction and fantasy than he.â
SciFi co-editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden called Hartwell âour fieldâs most consequential editor since John W. Campbell.â Given Campbell's status as the driving force behind science fiction's Golden Age, that's high praise indeed.
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Thanks for the ping. I’ve been reading a few appreciations in the last couple days from people who knew him, some of whom I know from from my years at Lunacon (and working on the committee).
I can’t say for sure that I’ve interacted with Hartwell, but I’m pretty sure I’ve met him, even if I didn’t know at the time who he was. Great thing about Lunacon, I’ve been in many conversations with people, only to later find out who they were.
He was definitely one of the modern greats, and he left a hell of a legacy.
Live a long time helps.be a long time editor, too. Work on a lot of books and anthologies
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G._Hartwell
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