David G Hartwell, 1941-2016

David Hartwell has passed away. He was always a good friend to Con*Cept and many here will remember him being the editor GoH at Anticipation. Who could forget the rack of outlandish ties?  I’m sure I have pictures of it somewhere, but cannot find it.

HI wife, Kathryn Cramer, posted a very touching tribute on her blog.

I just awoke from this horrible dream that David Hartwell, my husband, had fallen down the stairs and died. And now that I am fully awake, it is still true, and I am still a widow. Read more

Wonderful tributes pouring in at Making Light, comments. including a poem from Jo Walton, which I partly quote below:

What’s left is all you did and made, and we
So shaken at the gap where you belong
Counting your loss against eternity.