He was a member of the Futurians with Asimov, Pohl and the rest, started a publishing house (“Gnome Press”) that was one of the first to publish American SF in book form (“I, Robot,” “Foundation” etc.) (though it did have problems paying its authors).
He also wrote three sequels to the Lensman series (“Dragon Lensman,” “Lensman from Rigel,” and “Z-Lensman”), while in fandom he was famous for the “Balcony Insurgent” incident 14th World Science Fiction Convention - Wikipedia
So sorry to hear this. I met David several times and he was a guest at Albacon last March. Had a couple of nice conversations with him then. He was always a delight to be with.
AFAIK, he’s the last member of First Fandom. A generation has passed.
Damn. I met him at recent Readercons, and spoke with him for quite a while. I was amazed that he was still around. Sorry to see him go, but not surprised. He had a long run.
This is yet another reminder of how incredibly short a time our field has been around. One lifetime encompassed it all. Saw it start and grow and metastasize. Is there today a coherent field of f&sf that any one person can put his or her arms around?
BTW, if you want a tribute to Kyle you can’t do better than this.