The first time I met Jay Lake, he was greeting people at a convention party in a Hawaiian shirt and joking, “That’s right. I’m Cancer Guy.” Lake was willing to joke about his identity as cancer survivor, while also inspiring others. But his identity as a writer and editor of groundbreaking SF was even more important.Long before I met Lake, and was exposed to both his legendary buoyant personality and his willingness to joke about the disease that ultimately claimed his life, I was well aware of the massive debt SF owed him.

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