Richard T. Gallen
So I popped over to the Baen twitter feed today, and was saddened to see a little tiny tweet: In memoriam: Richard T. Gallen, one of the original founders of Baen Books. Which says something, but maybe not enough. He wasn't just a founder of Baen. He was some of the money behind Tor Books. As mentioned in this article in the NY Times from 30+ years ago. He was some of the money behind Carroll & Graf, which published actively in sf/fantasy/horror/mystery, including things like the Mammoth Book series, or David Pringle's 100 Best SF Novels , which C&G and other publishers used as a road map for bringing a lot of deserving books and authors back into print and to a new generation of readers. We'd have science fiction and fantasy today without Richard T. Gallen, but it's safe to say it would be different somehow. His being around or not being around, it's one of those things like "Hitler Wins World War II" or "Lincoln Survives" that alter...