Daniel F. Galouye was a science fiction writer who wrote two
extremely influential novels, Simulacron-3 and Dark Universe; both
some of the earliest examples of popular sub-genres and themes in
science fiction.
Dark Universe (nominated for a Hugo when it was originally
published) is one of the earliest (and many consider it one of the
finest) examples of a post-apocalyptic novel.
Simulacron-3, published in 1964, is one of the first to deal with
virtual-reality. At a time when most of us had not thought of the
concept, Galouye was writing a story about people realizing that
they are virtual constructs in a simulation.
In many ways Galouye was very much ahead of his time, even the
science fiction field, and many science fiction writers credit him
as being one of the great science fiction writers of the time.
Daniel Galouye died at the age of 56 in 1976 due to poor health
which was complicated by injuries he had received during World War
II as a Navy pilot.
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