Gardner Dozois (1947-2018)

It felt like the blood drained from my head when I read this.

I relate most to this one. (Quibble: Dozois didn't take over _Asimov's_ until 1985 with the January 1986 issue.)

Personal friend Michael Swanwick tells his first-hand story.

Perhaps benefiting from an extra day (or just from being _Locus_), of the many write-ups of various kinds I've seen today and previously, this seems to be the most complete, correct, biographical, newspaper-like obituary.

I don't want to get into it too much, but, leaving aside Gernsback's creation, I would rank Dozois a close second only to Campbell in terms of his impact on the field through his writing, his editing of _Asimov's_ (though Shawna McCarthy's tremendous editorial reign should never be overlooked), his editing of forty years of year's bests (between _Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year_ and _The Year's Best Science Fiction_), and numerous other anthologies. He's been a constant literary companion to me, as well as someone I greatly enjoyed interacting with on the old _Asimov's_ posting board. As fellow alumnus Alex the Great and Terrible said, "I never actually met the man; but I still feel like I've lost a personal friend."

My condolences to his friends, family, and our field.

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