Sad news about David Galanter
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RIP
RIP
I don’t drop by here much but just wanted to say how very sorry I am to see Dave has passed. I didn’t know him well, and mostly just from our occasional online interactions, and through mutual friends. But he was a talented, funny, and just genuinely good person. He’ll be deeply missed.
To know Dave was to be his friend. I wasn't ready for him to go. He leaves many memories and much affection behind.
Sad news, rest in peace Dave
Such sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
When I logged into Facebook earlier today, I saw four posts in a row on my timeline about Mr. Galanter's passing, and about what a wonderful man he was and how beloved he was by his friends.
When I pass, I can only hope that I will have inspired the kind of love and loyalty Mr. Galanter inspired in his friends. We should all be so lucky to be so beloved.
Rest in Peace, good sir.
When I pass, I can only hope that I will have inspired the kind of love and loyalty Mr. Galanter inspired in his friends. We should all be so lucky to be so beloved.
Rest in Peace, good sir.
Hell. Damn.
I always enjoyed interacting with Dave at Shore Leave. The last convention, I was seated right next to him and he taught Mary Fan, Ethan Peck and I profane sign language. Many laughs were had.
I will miss him. Damn it, I don't want to cry again. Damn.
I always enjoyed interacting with Dave at Shore Leave. The last convention, I was seated right next to him and he taught Mary Fan, Ethan Peck and I profane sign language. Many laughs were had.
I will miss him. Damn it, I don't want to cry again. Damn.
I had an enjoyable interaction with Dave Galanter on the old psiphi boards, shortly before the release of his Maximum Warp duology. He was friends with Diane Carey and I mentioned that Final Frontier was one of my favorite Star Trek novels. He said he had included a bit of a reference to it in his latest and he wondered if I would be able to find it. I did, and it was a great little tidbit of interaction with an author pre-twitter/facebook and something I'll always remember. May he rest in peace. My best to his family.
Dave considered Diane and her husband Greg Brodeur to be like a second set of parents and their children like nieces and nephews. He met Diane when he was a teenager and gushed over Dreadnought, which is how they formed a bond. He lived with them when he was in his early twenties, and Diane and Greg were his writing mentors.
When I last saw Dave, at Farpoint in February, he told me that Greg and his son were supposed to have visited him and his family in Maryland around Christmas, but Greg ended up not coming because he was sick and Dave was on chemo and Greg didn't want to risk Dave's health. I remember Dave saying to me, "I talk to Greg on the phone all the time, like once a week, and he always says, 'Dave, I want to talk to you about this sometime,' and I always tell him, 'We're on the phone, you can tell me now,' and he always says, "No, I want to talk in person, not on the phone,' and I hear Diane in the background saying, "Greg, just talk to Dave.'" (Greg's "this," for context, was nothing specific -- life, politics, etc.)
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