# Daniel F. Galouye
**Domain:** Literature / Science Fiction / Simulation
**Doc Type:** Author Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Simulacron-3]], [[Simulation Hypothesis]], [[Layer-Relative Reality]]
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## Definition
Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976) was an American science-fiction writer whose 1964 novel [[Simulacron-3]] became a foundational text of simulated-world fiction.
## Corpus Context
His work anchors the lineage from computational social simulation to [[World on a Wire (1973)]] and [[The Thirteenth Floor (1999)]].
## Key Insight
**This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.**
## See Also
[[Simulacron-3]], [[Simulation Hypothesis]], [[Layer-Relative Reality]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]