He graduated from Pensacola Naval Air School, held the rank of lieutenant and was for a time during his service years in charge of a training school in Hawaii for Navy airmen. was a Navy pilot during WWII from 1942 to 1946. His first novel, Dark Universe (1961) was nominated for a Hugo.Īccording to his obituary in the New Orleans States-Item, Galouye. Between 19, Galouye wrote five novels, notably Simulacron Three, basis of the movie The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and the German TV miniseries World on a Wire (1973) (directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder). His work appeared in many magazines during this era including Galaxy Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Galouye's first published fiction, the novelette Rebirth, appeared in the March 1952 issue of Imagination. Galouye's novelette 'The Big Blow-Up' was cover-featured on the March 1961 issue of Fantastic Richard Dawkins professes to be a fan of his works, including Counterfeit World, which inspired him to think about the concept of simulated universes. He lived in New Orleans but also had a summer home across Lake Pontchartrain at St. From the 1940s until his retirement in 1967, he was on the staff of The States-Item. On December 26, 1945, he married Carmel Barbara Jordan. During World War II, he served in the US Navy as an instructor and test pilot, receiving injuries that led to later health problems. Daniels.īorn in New Orleans, Galouye (pronounced Gah-lou-ey ) graduated from Louisiana State University (B.A.) and then worked as a reporter for several newspapers. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines, sometimes writing under the pseudonym Louis G.

Daniel Francis Galouye (11 February 1920 – 7 September 1976) was an American science fiction writer.

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